TITLE:
Laboratory Test Bench for Research Network and Cloud Computing
AUTHORS:
Evgeniy Pluzhnik, Evgeny Nikulchev, Simon Payain
KEYWORDS:
Cloud Computing, Laboratory Test Bench
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences,
Vol.7 No.7,
July
25,
2014
ABSTRACT: At present moment,
there is a great interest in development of information systems operating in
cloud infrastructures. Generally, many of tasks remain unresolved such as tasks
of optimization of large databases in a hybrid cloud infrastructure, quality of
service (QoS) at different levels of cloud services, dynamic control of
distribution of cloud resources in application systems and many others.
Research and development of new solutions can be limited in case of using emulators
or international commercial cloud services, due to the closed architecture and
limited opportunities for experimentation. Article provides answers to
questions on the establishment of a pilot cloud practically “at home” with the
ability to adjust the width of the emulation channel and delays in data
transmission. It also describes architecture and configuration of the
experimental setup. The proposed modular structure can be expanded by available
computing power.