Measuring and testing the scalability of cloud-based software services

Al-Said Ahmad, A.; Andras, P.E.

Abstract

Performance and scalability testing and measurements of cloud-based software services are critically important in the context of rapid growth of cloud computing and supporting the delivery of these services. Cloud-based software services performance aspects are interrelated, both elasticity and efficiency are depending on the delivery of a sufficient level of scalability performance. In this work, we focused on testing and measuring the scalability of cloud-based software services in technical terms. This paper uses technical scalability metrics that address both volume and quality scaling, that inspired by earlier technical metrics of elasticity. We show how our technical scalability metrics can be integrated into an earlier utility oriented metric of scalability. We demonstrate the application of the metrics using a practical example and discuss the importance of them.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: 2018 Fifth International Symposium on Innovation in Information and Communication Technology (ISIICT)
• Start Date: Oct 31, 2018
• End Date: Nov 1, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jan 17, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Nov 4, 2021
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 67-74
• Book Title: 2018 Fifth International Symposium on Innovation in Information and Communication Technology (ISIICT)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIICT.2018.8613297
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2809127