Adaptive internet services through performance and availability control
Jean Arnaud, Sara Bouchenak · 2010
Cluster-based multi-tier systems provide a means for building scalable Internet services. Building adaptive Internet services that are able to apply appropriate system sizing and configuration is a challenging objective for nowadays system administrators. This paper addresses two issues for building adaptive Internet services: (i) the control of service cost, performance and availability, three antagonist and primary aspects of Internet services, and (ii) an adaptive control of Internet services that does not shift the complexity of system administration from the Internet service to its controller.