Auto-Scaling in the Cloud

Abstract

Cloud computing is gaining momentum as a subscription-oriented paradigm providing on-demand payable access to virtualized IT services and products across the net. It is a breakthrough technology that is offering on-demand access to various services across the network. Auto-scaling, though quite an attractive proposition to customers and naïve cloud service providers, has its own share of issues and challenges. This work was an attempt to classify and appreciate the auto scaling framework while outlining its challenges. Many effective and efficient auto scaling strategies are being deployed by cloud giants like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc.