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System Support For Managing Risk In Cloud Computing Platforms, Supreeth Shastri
System Support For Managing Risk In Cloud Computing Platforms, Supreeth Shastri
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Cloud platforms sell computing to applications for a price. However, by precisely defining and controlling the service-level characteristics of cloud servers, they expose applications to a number of implicit risks throughout the application’s lifecycle. For example, user’s request for a server may be denied, leading to rejection risk; an allocated resource may be withdrawn, resulting in revocation risk; an acquired cloud server’s price may rise relative to others, causing price risk; a cloud server’s performance may vary due to external factors, triggering valuation risk. Though these risks are implicit, the costs they bear on the applications are not. While some …