Self-management for cloud computing
Mariachiara Puviani, Regina Frei · University of the Arts London Research Online (University of the Arts London) · 2013
Cloud computing is an emergent technology in the process of becoming ubiquitous.This requires strategies to deal with challenging situations.While a P2P structure is suitable under usual circumstances, other structures may be required in case of strong perturbations and disruptions.This paper describes a partial blackout scenario: the Cloud uses self-management properties to switch from a peer-to-peer structure to a temporary centralised structure, and then returns to normal.The system remains adaptive at all times, while maintaining performance under aggravated conditions.To achieve such self-management, a specific design pattern is suggested.Properties for self-adaptive and self-managing system are described, and implementation perspectives are discussed.