An analytical model for reliability evaluation of cloud service provisioning systems

Alturkistani, Fatimah M.; Alaboodi, Saad S.; Brohi, Sarfraz

Abstract

With the growing popularity of cloud computing, the reliability of cloud services has become a key concern of cloud service providers and users. Several researchers have studied the problem of cloud service reliability assurance. However, the complexity of the cloud service provisioning system and the deep dependency stack of its layered architecture make it challenging to evaluate the reliability of cloud services. In this paper, we propose a novel analytical model of cloud service provisioning systems reliability. Further, we provide a detailed methodology for evaluating cloud service reliability using reliability block diagrams and probabilistic methods. The proposed model can be used by cloud providers to assure the reliability of their cloud services. The results of a case study using simulated cloud computing infrastructure verify the effectiveness of the proposed model.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2017 IEEE Conference on Dependable and Secure Computing
• Start Date: Aug 7, 2017
• End Date: Aug 10, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Jul 10, 2017
• Publication Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 9, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Pages: 340-347
• Book Title: 2017 IEEE Conference on Dependable and Secure Computing
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/DESEC.2017.8073821
• Keywords: Cloud computing, reliability, reliability block diagram, infrastructure as service, Cloud computing, Reliability, Analytical models, Computational modeling, Computer architecture, Google, Markov processes
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9942596
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8073821
• Related Public URLs: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8053489/proceeding