Cloud service selection using cloud service brokers: approaches and challenges

doi:10.1007/s11704-017-6124-7

Front. Comput. Sci.

2019, Vol. 13

Issue (3) : 599-617 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-017-6124-7

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Cloud service selection using cloud service brokers: approaches and challenges

Meysam VAKILI¹(

), Neda JAHANGIRI¹, Mohsen SHARIFI²

¹. Department of Computer Engineering, University of Science and Culture, Tehran 14619-68151, Iran
². School of Computer Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 16846-13114, Iran

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Abstract

Cloud computing users are faced with a wide variety of services to choose from. Consequently, a number of cloud service brokers (CSBs) have emerged to help users in their service selection process. This paper reviews the recent approaches that have been introduced and used for cloud service brokerage and discusses their challenges accordingly. We propose a set of attributes for a CSB to be considered effective. Different CSBs’ approaches are classified as either single service or multiple service models. The CSBs are then assessed, analyzed, and compared with respect to the proposed set of attributes. Based on our studies, CSBs with multiple service models that support more of the proposed effective CSB attributes have wider application in cloud computing environments.

Keywords cloud service broker (CSB) cloud service selection cloud computing quality of service (QoS)

Corresponding Author(s): Meysam VAKILI

Just Accepted Date: 10 May 2017 Online First Date: 13 June 2018 Issue Date: 24 April 2019

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Meysam VAKILI,Neda JAHANGIRI,Mohsen SHARIFI. Cloud service selection using cloud service brokers: approaches and challenges[J]. Front. Comput. Sci., 2019, 13(3): 599-617.

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