Virtual machine (VM) consolidation is one of the key mechanisms of designing an energy-
efficient dynamic Cloud resource management system. It is based on the premise that …

By live migration technology, multiple virtual machines (VMs) can be consolidated into a
fewer physical servers and the idle ones can be shut down or switched to low-power mode …

Nowadays, cloud computing is known as an internet-based modern area among emerging
technologies that brings up an environment, in which computing resources such as …

Cloud computing has become an essential part of the computational world, offering a variety
of server capabilities as scalable virtualized services. Big data centers that deliver cloud …

To improve resource utilization and energy efficiency, cloud data centers use virtual
machine (VM) consolidation to consolidate VMs to fewer physical machines (PMs) through …

Virtual machine (VM) consolidation in Cloud computing provides a great opportunity for
energy saving. However, the obligation of providing suitable quality of service to end users …

Underutilization of computing resources and high power consumption are two primary
challenges in the domain of Cloud resource management. This paper deals with these …

Cloud computing providers have to deal with the energy-performance trade-off: minimizing
energy consumption, while meeting service level agreement (SLA) requirements. This paper …

The large-scale virtualized Cloud data centers consume huge amount of electrical energy
leading to high operational costs and emission of greenhouse gases. Virtual machine (VM) …

Virtual machine (VM) consolidation techniques are a means to improve energy efficiency
and the utilization of cloud data center resources. However, aggressive VM consolidation …