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As the demand for cloud computing as a preferred computing architecture grows, the need for effective capacity planning by cloud providers becomes crucial for their long term viability. Situations involving under-capacity and over-capacity represent lost opportunities and increased overhead. Economic conditions play a critical role in determining the capacity, cost, and revenue of cloud-based services. Using a system dynamics approach, this study evaluates the different conditions in cloud ecosystem from a capacity planning and management perspective, with a view to providing cloud service providers guidance for cloud capacity building strategies.

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Aug 10th, 12:00 AM

Capacity Management for Cloud Computing: A System Dynamics Approach

As the demand for cloud computing as a preferred computing architecture grows, the need for effective capacity planning by cloud providers becomes crucial for their long term viability. Situations involving under-capacity and over-capacity represent lost opportunities and increased overhead. Economic conditions play a critical role in determining the capacity, cost, and revenue of cloud-based services. Using a system dynamics approach, this study evaluates the different conditions in cloud ecosystem from a capacity planning and management perspective, with a view to providing cloud service providers guidance for cloud capacity building strategies.