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Table 1 Model parameters and their reference values

From: Network performance of multiple virtual machine live migration in cloud federations

Parameter

Symbol and reference value

Maximum number of VMs to be migrated in a group

M=12

Small VM memory size

V 0=1 GB

Large VM memory size multiplying factor

u=4

Fraction of small VMs

q=0.75

Memory page dirtying rate

D=2500 pps

Memory page size

P=4 KB

Residual dirty memory size threshold

V th=100 MB

Maximum number of iterations

n max=8

VM resume time

T res=100 ms

Network pipe capacity reserved for any multi-VM migration

b=1 Gbps

Total network pipe capacity

B=4 Gbps

Number of remote DCs in the cloud federation

n=5

Number of resource set instances per request

m=3

Number of resource set instances supported by each remote DC

k=8