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Scalability for Cloud

Scalability for Cloud

Mohan Murthy M. K., Sanjay H. A.
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522530299|ISBN10: 1522530290|EISBN13: 9781522530305
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3029-9.ch001
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Mohan Murthy M. K., and Sanjay H. A. "Scalability for Cloud." Critical Research on Scalability and Security Issues in Virtual Cloud Environments, edited by Shadi Aljawarneh and Manisha Malhotra, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3029-9.ch001

APA

Mohan Murthy M. K. & Sanjay H. A. (2018). Scalability for Cloud. In S. Aljawarneh & M. Malhotra (Eds.), Critical Research on Scalability and Security Issues in Virtual Cloud Environments (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3029-9.ch001

Chicago

Mohan Murthy M. K., and Sanjay H. A. "Scalability for Cloud." In Critical Research on Scalability and Security Issues in Virtual Cloud Environments, edited by Shadi Aljawarneh and Manisha Malhotra, 1-18. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3029-9.ch001

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Abstract

Scalability is one of the reasons behind the popularity of the Cloud. In the real IT world, resource requirement of an application varies over the time. Elastic and scalable nature of the Cloud makes it more suitable for such situation. By scaling the resources as per the resource demand, efficient resource utilization can be achieved. Vertical scaling and horizontal scaling are two different types of scaling. In vertical scaling, the virtual machine resources are scaled, and in horizontal scaling, infrastructure is scaled by adding or removing new virtual machines to it. This chapter focuses on scaling in Cloud environment, especially resource scaling for applications. The chapter starts with a brief introduction to Cloud and scaling in the cloud. After the introduction, related literature is visited. The chapter explains the necessity of scaling with real life examples. The chapter covers virtualization and some important hypervisors from the scaling perspective. The chapter also explains vertical scaling and horizontal scaling in detail.

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