---
_id: '4380'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Cloud computing is an emerging paradigm aimed to offer users pay-per-use computing
resources, while leaving the burden of managing the computing infrastructure to
the cloud provider. We present a new programming and pricing model that gives
the cloud user the flexibility of trading execution speed and price on a per-job
basis. We discuss the scheduling and resource management challenges for the cloud
provider that arise in the implementation of this model. We argue that techniques
from real-time and embedded software can be useful in this context.
author:
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
- first_name: Anmol
full_name: Tomar, Anmol
id: 3D8D36B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tomar
- first_name: Vasu
full_name: Singh, Vasu
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last_name: Singh
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Wies, Thomas
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last_name: Wies
- first_name: Damien
full_name: Zufferey, Damien
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last_name: Zufferey
orcid: 0000-0002-3197-8736
citation:
ama: 'Henzinger TA, Tomar A, Singh V, Wies T, Zufferey D. A marketplace for cloud
resources. In: ACM; 2010:1-8. doi:10.1145/1879021.1879022'
apa: 'Henzinger, T. A., Tomar, A., Singh, V., Wies, T., & Zufferey, D. (2010).
A marketplace for cloud resources (pp. 1–8). Presented at the EMSOFT: Embedded
Software , Arizona, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/1879021.1879022'
chicago: Henzinger, Thomas A, Anmol Tomar, Vasu Singh, Thomas Wies, and Damien Zufferey.
“A Marketplace for Cloud Resources,” 1–8. ACM, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1145/1879021.1879022.
ieee: 'T. A. Henzinger, A. Tomar, V. Singh, T. Wies, and D. Zufferey, “A marketplace
for cloud resources,” presented at the EMSOFT: Embedded Software , Arizona, USA,
2010, pp. 1–8.'
ista: 'Henzinger TA, Tomar A, Singh V, Wies T, Zufferey D. 2010. A marketplace for
cloud resources. EMSOFT: Embedded Software , 1–8.'
mla: Henzinger, Thomas A., et al. A Marketplace for Cloud Resources. ACM,
2010, pp. 1–8, doi:10.1145/1879021.1879022.
short: T.A. Henzinger, A. Tomar, V. Singh, T. Wies, D. Zufferey, in:, ACM, 2010,
pp. 1–8.
conference:
end_date: 2010-10-29
location: Arizona, USA
name: 'EMSOFT: Embedded Software '
start_date: 2010-10-24
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:08:33Z
date_published: 2010-10-24T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:56:32Z
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---
_id: '4381'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Cloud computing aims to give users virtually unlimited pay-per-use computing
resources without the burden of managing the underlying infrastructure. We claim
that, in order to realize the full potential of cloud computing, the user must
be presented with a pricing model that offers flexibility at the requirements
level, such as a choice between different degrees of execution speed and the cloud
provider must be presented with a programming model that offers flexibility at
the execution level, such as a choice between different scheduling policies. In
such a flexible framework, with each job, the user purchases a virtual computer
with the desired speed and cost characteristics, and the cloud provider can optimize
the utilization of resources across a stream of jobs from different users. We
designed a flexible framework to test our hypothesis, which is called FlexPRICE
(Flexible Provisioning of Resources in a Cloud Environment) and works as follows.
A user presents a job to the cloud. The cloud finds different schedules to execute
the job and presents a set of quotes to the user in terms of price and duration
for the execution. The user then chooses a particular quote and the cloud is obliged
to execute the job according to the chosen quote. FlexPRICE thus hides the complexity
of the actual scheduling decisions from the user, but still provides enough flexibility
to meet the users actual demands. We implemented FlexPRICE in a simulator called
PRICES that allows us to experiment with our framework. We observe that FlexPRICE
provides a wide range of execution options-from fast and expensive to slow and
cheap-- for the whole spectrum of data-intensive and computation-intensive jobs.
We also observe that the set of quotes computed by FlexPRICE do not vary as the
number of simultaneous jobs increases.
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author:
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
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- first_name: Anmol
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last_name: Tomar
- first_name: Vasu
full_name: Singh, Vasu
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last_name: Singh
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Wies, Thomas
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last_name: Wies
- first_name: Damien
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last_name: Zufferey
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citation:
ama: 'Henzinger TA, Tomar A, Singh V, Wies T, Zufferey D. FlexPRICE: Flexible provisioning
of resources in a cloud environment. In: IEEE; 2010:83-90. doi:10.1109/CLOUD.2010.71'
apa: 'Henzinger, T. A., Tomar, A., Singh, V., Wies, T., & Zufferey, D. (2010).
FlexPRICE: Flexible provisioning of resources in a cloud environment (pp. 83–90).
Presented at the CLOUD: Cloud Computing, Miami, USA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLOUD.2010.71'
chicago: 'Henzinger, Thomas A, Anmol Tomar, Vasu Singh, Thomas Wies, and Damien
Zufferey. “FlexPRICE: Flexible Provisioning of Resources in a Cloud Environment,”
83–90. IEEE, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLOUD.2010.71.'
ieee: 'T. A. Henzinger, A. Tomar, V. Singh, T. Wies, and D. Zufferey, “FlexPRICE:
Flexible provisioning of resources in a cloud environment,” presented at the CLOUD:
Cloud Computing, Miami, USA, 2010, pp. 83–90.'
ista: 'Henzinger TA, Tomar A, Singh V, Wies T, Zufferey D. 2010. FlexPRICE: Flexible
provisioning of resources in a cloud environment. CLOUD: Cloud Computing, 83–90.'
mla: 'Henzinger, Thomas A., et al. FlexPRICE: Flexible Provisioning of Resources
in a Cloud Environment. IEEE, 2010, pp. 83–90, doi:10.1109/CLOUD.2010.71.'
short: T.A. Henzinger, A. Tomar, V. Singh, T. Wies, D. Zufferey, in:, IEEE, 2010,
pp. 83–90.
conference:
end_date: 2010-07-10
location: Miami, USA
name: 'CLOUD: Cloud Computing'
start_date: 2010-07-05
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:08:33Z
date_published: 2010-08-26T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:56:33Z
day: '26'
ddc:
- '004'
department:
- _id: ToHe
doi: 10.1109/CLOUD.2010.71
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