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A Prediction-Based Multi-Objective VM Consolidation Approach for Cloud Data Centers

by Xialin Liu^1,2,3,*, Junsheng Wu⁴, Lijun Chen^2,3, Jiyuan Hu⁵

1 School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710005, China
2 School of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710021, China
3 Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Network Data Analysis and Intelligent Processing, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710021, China
4 School of Software and Microelectronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710005, China
5 School of Automation, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710021, China

* Corresponding Author: Xialin Liu. Email:

Computers, Materials & Continua 2024, 80(1), 1601-1631. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2024.050626

Received 12 February 2024; Accepted 11 June 2024; Issue published 18 July 2024

Abstract

Virtual machine (VM) consolidation aims to run VMs on the least number of physical machines (PMs). The optimal consolidation significantly reduces energy consumption (EC), quality of service (QoS) in applications, and resource utilization. This paper proposes a prediction-based multi-objective VM consolidation approach to search for the best mapping between VMs and PMs with good timeliness and practical value. We use a hybrid model based on Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and Support Vector Regression (SVR) (HPAS) as a prediction model and consolidate VMs to PMs based on prediction results by HPAS, aiming at minimizing the total EC, performance degradation (PD), migration cost (MC) and resource wastage (RW) simultaneously. Experimental results using Microsoft Azure trace show the proposed approach has better prediction accuracy and overcomes the multi-objective consolidation approach without prediction (i.e., Non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm 2, Nsga2) and the renowned Overload Host Detection (OHD) approaches without prediction, such as Linear Regression (LR), Median Absolute Deviation (MAD) and Inter-Quartile Range (IQR).

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