Open AccessPeer Clouds: A P2P-Based Resource Discovery Mechanism for the Intercloud
Author(s) -
Lohit Kapoor,
Seema Bawa,
Ankur Gupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of next-generation computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-4678
pISSN - 0976-5034
DOI - 10.47164/ijngc.v6i3.399
Subject(s) - cloud computing , computer science , provisioning , distributed computing , quality of service , resource (disambiguation) , service provider , computer network , service (business) , vendor , scheme (mathematics) , cloud service provider , cloud computing security , operating system , mathematical analysis , business , economy , mathematics , marketing , economics
The Intercloud represents the next logical step in the evolution of cloud computing overcoming issues of data/vendor lock-in and dealing with volatile service requests. However, resource discovery across heterogeneous Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) remains a challenge. In this paper we present a P2P-based distributed resource discovery mechanism based on spatial-awareness of cloud data-centers belonging to different Cloud Service Providers. The scheme is based upon exploiting location information of Data Centers and organizing them into DHT peers for optimal communication. It thus allows for QoS-compliant resource/service provisioning across Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). Simulation results establish the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.