Efficient resource allocation and power saving in multi-tiered systems

In this paper, we present Fastrack, a parameter-free algorithm for dynamic resource provisioning that uses simple statistics to promptly distill information about changes in workload burstiness. This information, coupled with the application's end-toend response times and system bottleneck characteristics, guide resource allocation that shows to be very effective under a broad variety of burstiness profiles and bottleneck scenarios. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.4 [PERFORMANCE OF SYSTEMS]: Reliability, availability, and serviceability; H.3.4 [INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL]: Systems and Software--Performance evaluation (efficiency and effectiveness) General Terms Algorithms, Performance Keywords Resource Allocation, Burstiness, Multi-tiered Systems

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Andrew Caniff, Lei Lu, Ningfang Mi, Ludmila Cherkasova, Evgenia Smirni
• Keywords: End-toend Response Times, Internet Technology, Resource Allocation, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL, WWW 2010