Towards a Case-based Reasoning Approach for Cloud Provisioning

Eric Kübler, Mirjam Minor

2016

Abstract

Resource provisioning is an important issue of cloud computing. Most of the recent cloud solutions implement a simple way with static thresholds to provide resources. Some more sophisticated approaches consider the cloud provisioning problem a multi-dimensional optimization approach. However, the calculation effort for solving optimization problems is significant. An intelligent resource provisioning with a reduced calculation effort requires smart cloud management methods. In this position paper, we propose a case-based reasoning approach for cloud management. A case records a problem situation in cloud management and its solution. We introduce a case model and a retrieval method for previously solved problem cases with the aim to reuse their re-configuration actions for a recent problem situation. The case model uses the container notion correlated with QoS problems. We present a novel, composite similarity function that allows to compare a recent problem situation with the cases from the past. During retrieval, the similarity function creates a ranking of the cases according to their relevance to the current problem situation. Further, we describe the prototypical implementation of the core elements of our case based-reasoning concept. The plausiblility of the retrieval approach has been tested by means of sample cases with simulated data.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kübler E. and Minor M. (2016). Towards a Case-based Reasoning Approach for Cloud Provisioning . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 2: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-182-3, pages 290-295. DOI: 10.5220/0005911702900295

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer16,
author={Eric Kübler and Mirjam Minor},
title={Towards a Case-based Reasoning Approach for Cloud Provisioning},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 2: CLOSER,},
year={2016},
pages={290-295},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005911702900295},
isbn={978-989-758-182-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 2: CLOSER,
TI - Towards a Case-based Reasoning Approach for Cloud Provisioning
SN - 978-989-758-182-3
AU - Kübler E.
AU - Minor M.
PY - 2016
SP - 290
EP - 295
DO - 10.5220/0005911702900295