Title: Dynamic weighted VM load balancing for cloud-analyst

Authors: Ahmad M. Manasrah

Addresses: Information Technology and Computer Sciences, Computer Sciences Department, Yarmouk University, Irbed, 21163, Jordan

Abstract: Cloud computing reformed the field of distributed systems and how businesses extend today. How to efficiently utilise the cloud computing resources to gain the maximum profit is one of the main research trends in the field, and the ultimate goal of cloud computing service providers. With the existence of virtualisation technology, running more than one virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine, brought a broad spectrum of benefits to service providers, researchers, etc. Therefore, this paper provides an analysis of the various VM load balancing algorithms. Further, a new VM load balancing algorithm has been proposed for an IaaS framework and implemented in a virtual machine environment of cloud-analyst to achieve better performance in terms of response and processing time.

Keywords: Cloud Analyst; cloud computing; data centres; virtual machines; load balancing; virtualisation; IaaS; infrastructure as a service.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICS.2017.082836

International Journal of Information and Computer Security, 2017 Vol.9 No.1/2, pp.5 - 19

Received: 26 Jan 2016
Accepted: 29 Mar 2016
Published online: 13 Mar 2017 *

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