Study of Simulation Environment of Cloud Broker and Classification of Cloud Service Broker

Abstract

Cloud broker could be generally defined as one of the intermediaries between the users and cloud providers to offer a service of integration, customization and aggregation of cloud services in CC. The first known cloud broker was introduced in 2008 with the name CloudSwitch which provides federated services only for Amazon EC2. The cloud in this broker is secure and seamless. Secondly, the cloud broker is introduced in 2011 with the name of the RightScale which offers a cloud management application and platform across multiple clouds in CC. Recently, CloudSim and Cloud Analyst are taking a great place in the CC simulator. The responsibilities of the cloud broker carry the important task first. Due to this, cloud consumers can easily select the cloud service provider to meet their requirement. Paper is categorized into two parts; first is related to complete cloud brokering architecture and second elaborate the simulation environment, CloudSim and Cloud Analyst.