{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2525479355","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2015.2430339","title":"Demystifying the Clouds: Harnessing Resource Utilization Models for Cost Effective Infrastructure Alternatives","display_name":"Demystifying the Clouds: Harnessing Resource Utilization Models for Cost Effective Infrastructure Alternatives","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-05-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2525479355","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2015.2430339","mag":"2525479355"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcc.2015.2430339","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2015.2430339","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2492498579","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing","issn_l":"2168-7161","issn":["2168-7161","2372-0018"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021815916","display_name":"Wes Lloyd","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2021-8501"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I92446798","display_name":"Colorado State University","ror":"https://ror.org/03k1gpj17","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wes J. Lloyd","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110284766","display_name":"Shrideep Pallickara","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801299839","display_name":"Collins College","ror":"https://ror.org/03rb26y64","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801299839"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shrideep Pallickara","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Colorado St. Univ., Ft. Collins, CO"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Colorado St. Univ., Ft. Collins, CO","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801299839"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110461260","display_name":"Olaf David","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I92446798","display_name":"Colorado State University","ror":"https://ror.org/03k1gpj17","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Olaf David","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065966986","display_name":"Mazdak Arabi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1817-3260"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I92446798","display_name":"Colorado State University","ror":"https://ror.org/03k1gpj17","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mazdak Arabi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046913294","display_name":"Tyler Wible","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I92446798","display_name":"Colorado State University","ror":"https://ror.org/03k1gpj17","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tyler Wible","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075938157","display_name":"Jeffrey Kwon Ditty","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I92446798","display_name":"Colorado State University","ror":"https://ror.org/03k1gpj17","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jeffrey Ditty","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Computer Science and Civil Engineering, 1372 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I92446798"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5051625511","display_name":"Ken Rojas","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1289387233","display_name":"Natural Resources Conservation Service","ror":"https://ror.org/03j7rgg33","country_code":"US","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1289387233","https://openalex.org/I1336096307"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ken Rojas","raw_affiliation_strings":["US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, Suite 150, Fort Collins, CO"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, Suite 150, Fort Collins, CO","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1289387233"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":7,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.9474,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":34,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95580893,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"5","issue":"4","first_page":"667","last_page":"680"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.9976000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9969000220298767,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/workload","display_name":"Workload","score":0.8613979816436768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.843063473701477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7598696351051331},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-machine","display_name":"Virtual machine","score":0.7274007797241211},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-deployment","display_name":"Software deployment","score":0.640415370464325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.51067715883255},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service-level","display_name":"Service level","score":0.5060061812400818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-allocation","display_name":"Resource allocation","score":0.4783560633659363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service","display_name":"Service (business)","score":0.44969919323921204},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","score":0.44209614396095276},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.35975417494773865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.24332782626152039}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778476105","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628539","display_name":"Workload","level":2,"score":0.8613979816436768},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.843063473701477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7598696351051331},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25344961","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192726","display_name":"Virtual machine","level":2,"score":0.7274007797241211},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105339364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2297740","display_name":"Software deployment","level":2,"score":0.640415370464325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.51067715883255},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C181889124","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380204","display_name":"Service level","level":2,"score":0.5060061812400818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29202148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287260","display_name":"Resource allocation","level":2,"score":0.4783560633659363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780378061","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25351891","display_name":"Service (business)","level":2,"score":0.44969919323921204},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206345919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20380951","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","level":2,"score":0.44209614396095276},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.35975417494773865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.24332782626152039},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcc.2015.2430339","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2015.2430339","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2492498579","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing","issn_l":"2168-7161","issn":["2168-7161","2372-0018"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu:tech_pub-1007","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/tech_pub/8","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400628","display_name":"University of Washington Tacoma Digital Commons (University of Washington Tacoma)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210150356","host_organization_name":"University of Washington Tacoma","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210150356"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"School of Engineering and Technology Publications","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6200000047683716,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3404721447","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CNS-1253908","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3580018867","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"HSHQDC-13-C-B0018","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306110","funder_display_name":"U.S. Department of Homeland Security"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306110","display_name":"U.S. Department of Homeland Security","ror":"https://ror.org/00jyr0d86"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":34,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1517997919","https://openalex.org/W1979689583","https://openalex.org/W1994749528","https://openalex.org/W2008793665","https://openalex.org/W2010806761","https://openalex.org/W2014721449","https://openalex.org/W2029177847","https://openalex.org/W2038053785","https://openalex.org/W2055308766","https://openalex.org/W2055913226","https://openalex.org/W2058357289","https://openalex.org/W2058929311","https://openalex.org/W2078406269","https://openalex.org/W2081117277","https://openalex.org/W2104170204","https://openalex.org/W2130062566","https://openalex.org/W2147300694","https://openalex.org/W2158926674","https://openalex.org/W2160866955","https://openalex.org/W2162570510","https://openalex.org/W2167278738","https://openalex.org/W2168232846","https://openalex.org/W2169016552","https://openalex.org/W2169965429","https://openalex.org/W2396663394","https://openalex.org/W2488070233","https://openalex.org/W2564400873","https://openalex.org/W2586149320","https://openalex.org/W2910761177","https://openalex.org/W6631120034","https://openalex.org/W6712371679","https://openalex.org/W6722763288","https://openalex.org/W6730724608","https://openalex.org/W6732827328"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2770234245","https://openalex.org/W96612179","https://openalex.org/W2000785801","https://openalex.org/W986318368","https://openalex.org/W4229499248","https://openalex.org/W2566006169","https://openalex.org/W1567818861","https://openalex.org/W2384410913","https://openalex.org/W2352878646","https://openalex.org/W2378061014"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Deployment":[0],"of":[1,22,47,56,102,106,143,161],"service":[2,66,72,98],"oriented":[3],"applications":[4],"(SOAs)":[5],"to":[6,13,64,127],"public":[7,205],"infrastructure-as-a-service":[8],"(IaaS)":[9],"clouds":[10,17],"presents":[11],"challenges":[12],"system":[14,123],"analysts.":[15],"Public":[16],"offer":[18],"an":[19],"increasing":[20],"array":[21],"virtual":[23,48,135],"machine":[24,49,136],"types":[25],"with":[26,71],"qualitatively":[27],"defined":[28],"CPU,":[29],"disk,":[30],"and":[31,45,69,95,169],"network":[32],"I/O":[33],"capabilities.":[34],"Determining":[35],"cost":[36,117,172],"effective":[37],"application":[38],"deployments":[39],"requires":[40],"selecting":[41],"both":[42],"the":[43,87,103,107,141,149],"quantity":[44],"type":[46,202],"(VM)":[50],"resources":[51],"for":[52,93,154],"hosting":[53,108,191],"SOA":[54,84,130,155],"workloads":[55,156],"interest.":[57],"Hosting":[58],"decisions":[59],"must":[60],"utilize":[61],"sufficient":[62],"infrastructure":[63],"meet":[65],"level":[67,99],"objectives":[68,100],"cope":[70],"demand.":[73],"To":[74],"support":[75,97,128,184],"these":[76,164],"decisions,":[77],"analysts":[78],"must:":[79],"(1)":[80],"understand":[81],"how":[82,140,180],"their":[83],"behaves":[85],"in":[86],"cloud;":[88],"(2)":[89],"quantify":[90],"representative":[91],"workload(s)":[92],"execution;":[94],"(3)":[96],"regardless":[101],"performance":[104,132,198],"limits":[105],"infrastructure.":[109],"In":[110],"this":[111],"paper":[112],"we":[113,167],"introduce":[114],"a":[115,159],"workload":[116,131,165],"prediction":[118,173],"methodology":[119,174,182],"which":[120],"harnesses":[121],"operating":[122],"time":[124],"accounting":[125],"principles":[126],"equivalent":[129],"using":[133,175,199],"alternate":[134,186],"types.":[137],"We":[138,178],"demonstrate":[139,179],"use":[142],"resource":[144,151],"utilization":[145,152],"checkpointing":[146],"supports":[147],"capturing":[148],"total":[150],"profile":[153],"executed":[157],"across":[158],"pool":[160],"VMs.":[162],"Given":[163],"profiles,":[166],"develop":[168],"evaluate":[170],"our":[171,181],"six":[176],"SOAs.":[177],"can":[183],"finding":[185],"infrastructures":[187],"that":[188],"afford":[189],"lower":[190],"costs":[192],"while":[193],"offering":[194],"equal":[195],"or":[196],"better":[197],"any":[200],"VM":[201],"on":[203],"Amazon's":[204],"elastic":[206],"compute":[207],"cloud.":[208]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}