<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Load balancing is treated as one of the important mechanisms for efficient resource allocation in cloud computing. In future there will appear a necessity of fully autonomic distributed systems to address the load balancing issues. With reference to this, we proposed a load balancing mechanism called Osmosis Load Balancing (OLB). OLB works on the principle of osmosis to reschedule the tasks in virtual machines. The solution is based on the Distributed Hash Table (DHT) with a chord overlay mechanism. The Chord overlay is used for managing bio inspired agents and status of the cloud. By simulation analysis, the proposed algorithm has shown better performance in different scenarios, both in heterogeneous and homogeneous clouds.</p></abstract>

Load balancing is treated as one of the important mechanisms for efficient resource allocation in cloud computing. In future there will appear a necessity of fully autonomic distributed systems to address the load balancing issues. With reference to this, we proposed a load balancing mechanism called Osmosis Load Balancing (OLB). OLB works on the principle of osmosis to reschedule the tasks in virtual machines. The solution is based on the Distributed Hash Table (DHT) with a chord overlay mechanism. The Chord overlay is used for managing bio inspired agents and status of the cloud. By simulation analysis, the proposed algorithm has shown better performance in different scenarios, both in heterogeneous and homogeneous clouds.

OLB: A Nature Inspired Approach for Load Balancing in Cloud Computing

Bharathier University, Coimbatore, TamilNadu, India

Dept of SCSE, VIT University, Vellore, TamilNadu, India

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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Load balancing is treated as one of the important mechanisms for efficient resource allocation in cloud computing. In future there will appear a necessity of...

OLB: A Nature Inspired Approach for Load Balancing in Cloud Computing

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 138 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0060

Keywords
Load balance, virtual machines, osmosis, cloud, relocation

© by B. Mallikarjuna

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

OLB: A Nature Inspired Approach for Load Balancing in Cloud Computing

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 138 - 148

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0060

KeywordsLoad balance, virtual machines, osmosis, cloud, relocation

© by B. Mallikarjuna

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Load balance, virtual machines, osmosis, cloud, relocation