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Efficiently scheduling tasks in hybrid Distributed Computing Infrastructures (DCI) is a challenging pursue because the scheduler must deal with a set of parameters that simultaneously characterize the tasks and the hosts originating from different types of infrastructure.
In this paper we propose a scheduling method for hybrid DCIs, based on advanced multi-criteria decision methods. The scheduling decisions are made using pairwise comparisons of the tasks for a set of criteria like expected completion time and price charged for computation. The results are obtained with an XtremWeb-like pull-based scheduler simulator using real failure traces from [1] for a combination of three types of infrastructure. We also show how such a scheduler should be configured to enhance user satisfaction regardless their profiles, while maintaining good values for makespan and cost.
We validate our approach with a statistical analysis on empirical data and show that our proposed scheduling method improves performance by 12-17% compared to other scheduling methods. Experimenting on large time-series and using realistic scheduling scenarios lead us to conclude about time consistency results of the method.
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Moca, M., Litan, C., Silaghi, G.C., Fedak, G. (2013). Advanced Promethee-Based Scheduler Enriched with User-Oriented Methods. In: Altmann, J., Vanmechelen, K., Rana, O.F. (eds) Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services. GECON 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8193. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02414-1_12
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