What is Cloud Resource Management

Cloud Computing has become a buzzword in the IT industry. Cloud Computing which provides inexpensive computing resources on the pay-as-you-go basis is promptly gaining momentum as a substitute for traditional Information Technology (IT) based organizations. Therefore, the increased utilization of Clouds makes an execution of Big Data processing jobs a vital research area. As more and more users have started to store/process their real-time data in Cloud environments, Resource Provisioning and Scheduling of Big Data processing jobs becomes a key element of consideration for efficient execution of Big Data applications. This chapter discusses the fundamental concepts supporting Cloud Computing & Big Data terms and the relationship between them. This chapter will help researchers find the important characteristics of Cloud Resource Management Systems to handle Big Data processing jobs and will also help to select the most suitable technique for processing Big Data jobs in Cloud Computing environment.