A Comparison Study of Cloud Environment Simulations

Adrián Jiménez, Carlos Juiz, Belen Bermejo

2025

Abstract

Over the years, the need for cloud computing systems (virtualized) has continued to grow. For this reason, it is necessary to evaluate their performance under different workload conditions. This is typically done by benchmarking to assess their behavior with different workloads. Simulation tools offer a practical solution, allowing evaluations to be carried out at a fraction of the cost compared to real-world deployments. CloudSim is one of these tools, widely used to model complex cloud computing scenarios. In this work, we extend a previous published real-world evaluation and aim to replicate it within a reproducible and flexible simulation environment. This allows us to analyze system behavior under different workload intensities derived from real-world arrival rate patterns. Since CloudSim does not natively support time-based realistic traces or efficient data collection, we extended its functionality to address these limitations proposing a modular and reproducible simulation system based on CloudSim.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Jiménez A., Juiz C. and Bermejo B. (2025). A Comparison Study of Cloud Environment Simulations. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH; ISBN 978-989-758-759-7, SciTePress, pages 398-403. DOI: 10.5220/0013646300003970

in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech25,
author={Adrián Jiménez and Carlos Juiz and Belen Bermejo},
title={A Comparison Study of Cloud Environment Simulations},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH},
year={2025},
pages={398-403},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013646300003970},
isbn={978-989-758-759-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH
TI - A Comparison Study of Cloud Environment Simulations
SN - 978-989-758-759-7
AU - Jiménez A.
AU - Juiz C.
AU - Bermejo B.
PY - 2025
SP - 398
EP - 403
DO - 10.5220/0013646300003970
PB - SciTePress