A Generalized Service Replication Process in Distributed Environments

Hany F. El Yamany, Marwa F. Mohamed, Katarina Grolinger, Miriam A. M. Capretz

2015

Abstract

Replication is one of the main techniques aiming to improve Web services’ (WS) quality of service (QoS) in distributed environments, including clouds and mobile devices. Service replication is a way of improving WS performance and availability by creating several copies or replicas of Web services which work in parallel or sequentially under defined circumstances. In this paper, a generalized replication process for distributed environments is proposed based on established replication studies. The proposed replication process consists of three main steps: sensing the environment characteristics, determining the replication strategy, and implementing the selected replication strategy. To demonstrate application of the proposed generalized replication process, a case study in the telecommunication domain is presented. The adequacy of the selected replication strategy is demonstrated by comparing it to another replication strategy as well as to a non-replicated service. The authors believe that the proposed replication process will help service providers to enhance QoS and accordingly attract more customers.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

El Yamany H., F. Mohamed M., Grolinger K. and Capretz M. (2015). A Generalized Service Replication Process in Distributed Environments . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-104-5, pages 186-193. DOI: 10.5220/0005485201860193

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer15,
author={Hany F. El Yamany and Marwa F. Mohamed and Katarina Grolinger and Miriam A. M. Capretz},
title={A Generalized Service Replication Process in Distributed Environments},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2015},
pages={186-193},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005485201860193},
isbn={978-989-758-104-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - A Generalized Service Replication Process in Distributed Environments
SN - 978-989-758-104-5
AU - El Yamany H.
AU - F. Mohamed M.
AU - Grolinger K.
AU - Capretz M.
PY - 2015
SP - 186
EP - 193
DO - 10.5220/0005485201860193