Cloud Computing And Sustainability:

Technical report, IDE1204, February 2012
Cloud Computing and Sustainability:
Energy Efficiency Aspects
Master’s Thesis in Computer Network Engineering
Ashkan Gholamhosseinian & Ahmad KhalifehSchool of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering Halmstad University
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Cloud Computing and Sustainability:
Energy Efficiency Aspects
Master Thesis in Computer Network EngineeringSchool of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering
Halmstad University
Box 823, S-301 18 Halmstad, Sweden
February 2012
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Preface
We would like to thank Halmstad University thatgave us the opportunity to study this fascinating program. We are grateful to our supervisors Olga Torstensson and Prof Tony Larsson in directing us towards a mature work. We are honoured to dedicatethis thesis to our beloved parents whom made us reach this precious moment in our life with their encouragement and support.
Ashkan Gholamhosseinian & Ahmad Khalifeh
Halmstad University, February2012
Cloud Computing and Sustainability: Energy Efficiency Aspects
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Cloud Computing and Sustainability: Energy Efficiency Aspects
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Abstract
Cloud computing promises a new era of service deliveryand deployment in such a way that every person can access any kind of services like storage, application, operating system and so on from anywhere any time using any device having internetconnection. Cloud computing opens new possibilities approaching sustainable solutions to deploy and advance their services upon that platform. Sustainability of Cloud computing is to be addressed in terms ofenvironmental and economic effects.
In this thesis we explore the energy efficient approaches inside data centres from the site and IT infrastructure perspective incorporating Cloud networking from theaccess network technologies and network equipment point of view to give a comprehensive prospect toward achieving energy efficiency of Cloud computing. Traditional and Cloud data centres would by...