• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
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A Resource Reduction Scheme with Low Migration Frequency for Virtual Machines on a Cloud Cluster


Abstract

A method is proposed to reduce excess resources from a virtual machine(VM) while avoiding subsequent migrations for a computer cluster that provides cloud service. The proposed scheme cuts down on the resources of a VM based on the probability that migration may occur after a reduction. First, it finds a VM that can be scaled down by analyzing the history of the resource usage. Then, the migration probability is calculated as a function of the VM resource usage trend and the trend error. Finally, the amount of resources needed to eliminate from an underutilized VM is determined such that the migration probability after the resource reduction is less than or equal to an acceptable migration probability. The acceptable migration probability, to be set by the cloud service provider, is a criterion to assign a weight to the resource reduction either to prevent VM migrations or to enhance VM utilization. The results of simulation show that the proposed scheme lowers migration frequency by 31.6‾60.8% depending on the consistency of resource demand while losing VM utilization by 9.1‾21.5% compared to other known approaches, such as the static and the prediction-based methods. It is also verified that the proposed scheme extends the elapsed time before the first occurrence of migration after resource reduction 1.1‾2.3-fold. In addition, changes in migration frequency and VM utilization are analyzed with varying acceptable migration probabilities and the consistency of resource demand patterns. It is expected that the analysis results can help service providers choose a right value of the acceptable migration probability under various environments having different migration costs and operational costs.


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Cite this article

[IEEE Style]
C. Kim, W. Lee, C. Jeon, "A Resource Reduction Scheme with Low Migration Frequency for Virtual Machines on a Cloud Cluster," KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1398-1417, 2013. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2013.06.003.

[ACM Style]
Changhyeon Kim, Wonjoo Lee, and Changho Jeon. 2013. A Resource Reduction Scheme with Low Migration Frequency for Virtual Machines on a Cloud Cluster. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, 7, 6, (2013), 1398-1417. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2013.06.003.

[BibTeX Style]
@article{tiis:20319, title="A Resource Reduction Scheme with Low Migration Frequency for Virtual Machines on a Cloud Cluster", author="Changhyeon Kim and Wonjoo Lee and Changho Jeon and ", journal="KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems", DOI={10.3837/tiis.2013.06.003}, volume={7}, number={6}, year="2013", month={June}, pages={1398-1417}}