Cloud Computing: Resource Management and Service Allocation

The increase acceptance and adoption of cloud computing has seen many research projects focusing on tradition distributed computing issues such as resource allocation and performance. The scalability and dynamic heterogeneity of cloud computing presents a different challenge in deciding how resources are allocated to services. In this paper we identify the nature of cloud computing dynamics with virtualisation as a key part to resource allocation and meeting QoS needs. Service Level Agreement (SLA) mainly equates to actions taken when best effort falls and does not address the significant needs of meeting QoS demands as well as efficient utilisation of resources.