NDLI: An Analysis of Public Clouds Elasticity in the Execution of Scientific Applications: a Survey

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Author	Galante, Guilherme Erpen De Bona, Luis Carlos Mury, Antonio Roberto Schulze, Bru Rosa Righi, Rodrigo
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Elasticity can be seen as the ability of a system to increase or decrease the computing resources allocated in a dynamic and on demand way. It is an important feature provided by cloud computing, that has been widely used in web applications and is also gaining attention in the scientific community. Considering the possibilities of using elasticity in this context, a question arises: “Are the available public cloud solutions suitable to provide elasticity to scientific applications?” To answer the question, in a first moment we present a survey on the use of cloud computing in scientific scenarios, providing an overview of the subject. Next, we describe the elasticity mechanisms offered by major public cloud providers and analyzes the limitations of the solutions in providing elasticity for scientific applications. As the main contribution of the article, we also present an analysis over some initiatives that are being developed to overcome the current challenges. In our opinion, current computational clouds are developing rapidly but have not yet reached the necessary maturity level to meet all scientific applications elasticity requirements. We expect that in the coming years the efforts being taken by numerous researchers in this area identify and address these challenges and lead to better and more mature technologies that will improve cloud computing practices.
Starting Page	193
Ending Page	216
Page Count	24
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15707873
Journal	Journal of Grid Computing
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15729184
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-01-28
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Cloud computing Elasticity Scientific applications Processor Architectures Management of Computing and Information Systems User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Networks and Communications Information Systems Software Hardware and Architecture

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