Task scheduling Algorithms in Multi cloud Environment

Abstract

One of the most commonly used technology with massive demands in the field of distributed computing is cloud computing. Cloud computing has evolved in various forms like single cloud, hybrid cloud and multi-cloud. The evolution of cloud to handle hundred and thousands of user demands, at a time, thereby facilitating resource sharing, reduction in loss of information, elimination of data storage on server side and many many more the topic of task scheduling will be prominent in all forms of cloud computing and in distributed architecture. Here, we discuss the multiple cloud architecture and the scheduling techniques applied to evenly distribute the workload across multiple clouds. Algorithms like Cloud list Scheduling (CLS), Cloud min min scheduling (CMMS), Minimum completion cloud (MCC), Median max algorithm (MEMAX), Multi-objective scheduling (MOS) are some methods suggested in the past for finding a near to optimal solution for task allocation.