A Resource Allocation Model for Desktop Clouds

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Author(s): Abdulelah Alwabel (University of Southampton, UK), Robert John Walters (University of Southampton, UK)and Gary B. Wills (Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 21
Source title: Web-Based Services: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9466-8.ch017

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Web Technologies / Web Technologies & Engineering

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Abstract

Cloud computing is a new paradigm that promises to move IT a step further towards utility computing, in which computing services are delivered as a utility service. Traditionally, Cloud employs dedicated resources located in one or more data centres in order to provide services to clients. Desktop Cloud computing is a new type of Cloud computing that aims at providing Cloud capabilities at low or no cost. Desktop Clouds harness non dedicated and idle resources in order to provide Cloud services. However, the nature of such resources can be problematic because they are prone to failure at any time without prior notice. This research focuses on the resource allocation mechanism in Desktop Clouds. The contributions of this chapter are threefold. Firstly, it defines and explains Desktop Clouds by comparing them with both Traditional Clouds and Desktop Grids. Secondly, the paper discusses various research issues in Desktop Clouds. Thirdly, it proposes a resource allocation model that is able to handle node failures.

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