Techniques for resource management on clouds

云计算向企业以及科学和工程应用程序的用户提供按需资源的使用正在迅速普及。云提供各种类型的资源，包括计算资源和存储资源。对数据中心中的云资源进行适当的管理对于有效利用底层资源池、使云用户满意以及云服务提供商获得高收入至关重要。建议的研究涉及资源分配和调度，以满足与请求相关联的服务级别协议，这些服务级别协议是实现用户高质量体验和提高服务提供商赚取的收入的关键因素。本项目的重点是资源管理技术，用于为需要从多个资源按顺序提供服务的请求提供端到端服务级别协议，这是现有文献尚未有效解决的问题。除了产生有助于最先进技术的创新技术外，该项目的成果预计还将有效地促进该CRD项目的工业合作伙伴华为的业务。学生培训也是这一研究项目的重要组成部分，将加强加拿大这一竞争激烈的新兴云计算市场迫切需要的高素质人才队伍。

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.