Techniques for resource management on clouds

云计算为企业以及科学和工程应用程序的用户提供按需资源，其使用正在迅速普及。云提供各种类型的资源，包括计算资源和存储资源。对数据中心的云资源进行适当管理对于有效利用底层资源池至关重要，从而使云用户感到满意，并为云服务提供商带来高收入。拟议的研究关注资源分配和调度，以满足与请求相关的服务水平协议，这是实现用户高质量体验和提高服务提供商收入的关键因素。这个项目的重点是资源管理技术，用于为需要按顺序从大量资源中获得服务的请求提供端到端服务水平协议，现有文献没有有效地解决这个问题。除了产生创新的技术，将有助于最先进的技术，这个项目的成果预计将有效地促进华为的业务，在这个CRD项目的工业合作伙伴。学生培训也是该研究项目的一个重要组成部分，并将加强高素质人才的储备，这是加拿大在这个竞争激烈的新兴云计算市场所迫切需要的。

The use of cloud computing that provides resources on demand to both enterprises as well as users of scientific and engineering applications is spreading rapidly. Clouds provide various types of resource including both computing and storage resources. Appropriate management of cloud resources in a data centre is crucial for the effective use of the underlying resource pool leading to the satisfaction of the cloud users as well as a high revenue for the cloud service provider. Proposed research concerns resource allocation and scheduling for satisfying service level agreements associated with requests that are key factors for achieving a high quality of experience by the user and boosting the revenue earned by the service provider. The focus of this project is on resource management techniques for providing end-to-end service level agreements for requests that require service from a number of resources in sequence, a problem that has not been addressed effectively by the exiting literature. In addition to producing innovative techniques that will contribute to the state of the art the results of this project are expected to effectively contribute to the business of Huawei, the industrial partner in this CRD project. Student training is also an important component of this research project and will enhance the pool of highly qualified personnel that Canada critically needs for this highly competitive emerging market of cloud computing.