Achieving green computing by effective utilization of cloud resources using a cloud OS

Abstract

Cloud Computing is composed of amalgamation of different elements and solutions, namely operating systems running on a single virtualized computing environment, middleware layers that attempt to combine physical and virtualized resources from multiple operating systems, and specialized application engines that influence a substantial benefit of the cloud service provider (e.g. Amazon). In this platform, huge amount of resources are present in the cloud and this resources need to be managed effectively. When this resources are united, major problems are incorporated into the system as well as the application due to compatibility and consistency constraints, hence there does not exist a unified processing environment to carry out this operation. In this paper, we demonstrate the importance of cloud OS known as virtual distributed operating system that binds together this cloud resources in a single-unified processing environment that helps to manage the cloud resources in a flexible and accessible approach henceforth enhancing the systems performance. Several cloud OS are available to bridge the gap between this cloud resources. The experiment is being performed on several existing platforms that allows the user to access this resources with a user friendly GUI. By making use of a cloud OS the overhead in handling the cloud resources by the running machine can be successfully reduced for a particular cloud user hence directing towards efficient use of systems resources and contributing towards the features of green computing. � 2013 IEEE.