Mistral: Dynamically Managing Power, Performance, and Adaptation Cost in Cloud Infrastructures

• Published in: 2010 IEEE 30th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems pp. 62 - 73
• Main Authors: Gueyoung Jung, Hiltunen, Matti A, Joshi, Kaustubh R, Schlichting, Richard D, Pu, Calton
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.2010
• Subjects: adaptation overheads; Cloud computing; Cost function; Degradation; Delay; Distributed computing; Energy consumption; Energy management; optimization; power; Resource management; server consolidation; Virtual manufacturing; virtualization; Voice mail

Server consolidation based on virtualization is an important technique for improving power efficiency and resource utilization in cloud infrastructures. However, to ensure satisfactory performance on shared resources under changing application workloads, dynamic management of the resource pool via o...