Researchers craft program to stop cloud computing problems

Grazed from R&D Magazine. Author: Editorial Staff.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new software tool to prevent performance disruptions in cloud computing systems by automatically identifying and responding to potential anomalies before they can develop into problems.

Cloud computing enables users to create multiple "virtual machines" that operate independently, even though they are all operating on one large computing platform. However, this approach can cause performance issues when a software bug, or other problem, in one virtual machine disrupts the entire cloud…

Now researchers have designed software that looks at the amount of memory being used, network traffic, CPU usage, and other system-level data in a cloud computing infrastructure to develop a definition of the wide range of behaviors that can be considered "normal." CPU usage is the amount of computing power being used at any given time. The program defines normal behavior for every virtual machine in the cloud, and can then look for deviations and predict anomalies that could affect the system’s ability to provide service to users…

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