A survey on resource allocation strategies in cloud computing

Cloud computing provides user-requested services that are reliable, dynamic, flexible and efficient. In order to offer such guaranteed services to cloud users, effective resource allocation strategies must be implemented. The methodology used should also confirm to the Service Level Agreement (SLA) drawn between the customer and the service provider. This work presents a study of such resource allocation strategies in cloud computing. The strategies include resource requirements prediction algorithms and resource allocation algorithms. This works studies the various resource allocation techniques utilized in cloud computing and makes a comparative study of the merits and demerits of each technique. This study aims to identify an efficient resource allocation strategy that utilizes resources effectively in the resource constrained environment of cloud computing.