FAULT RESOLUTION SYSTEM FOR INTER-CLOUD ENVIRONMENT
Keywords:
Cloud Computing, Fault Resolution, Peer-to-Peer Network, Inter-Cloud Environment, Bug Tracking SystemAbstract
Fault resolution in communication networks and distributed systems is a complicated process that demands the involvement of system administrators and supporting systems in monitoring, diagnosing, resolving and recording faults. This process becomes more challenging in inter-cloud environment where multiple cloud systems coordinate in provisioning applications and services. In this context, we propose a fault resolution system that assists system administrators in resolving faults in inter-cloud environment. The proposed system is characterized by the capability of sharing and searching fault knowledge resources among cloud systems for fault resolution. It uses a peer-to-peer network of fault managers that provide facilities to monitor faults occurring in cloud systems and search similar faults with solutions occurring in other cloud systems. We have implemented several components of the proposed system including fault monitor, fault searcher and fault updater. We have also experimented and evaluated the prototyping system on fault databases obtained from several fault sources, such as bug tracking systems, online discussion forums and vendor knowledge bases.
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