Dynamic virtual machine relocation system for energy‐efficient resource management in the cloud

Abstract

SummaryCloud services can be expanded and offered in a flexible manner depending on the needs of the users, and cloud computing has become more popular. The energy consumption to provide users with service quality is the biggest concern in virtualization technology. Therefore, reducing energy consumption is a key step in reducing the operating costs of various organizations' data centers. In this article, we propose a dynamic VM relocation (DVMR) system used inside data centers to study virtualization technologies for reducing energy consumption in cloud computing environments. The DVMR system provides a method for predicting PM load by using and selecting loaded and unloaded PM, thereby effectively managing virtualization and energy saving. Experimental evaluation is done by implementing load threshold‐based relocation. The results show that the proposed system can efficiently balance the load between different PMs and efficiently decrease the energy consumption of the entire system.