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GeNePi: A multi-objective machine reassignment algorithm for data centres

  • University College Dublin
  • Université de Nantes

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Abstract

Data centres are facilities with large amount of machines (i.e., servers) and hosted processes (e.g., virtual machines). Managers of data centres (e.g., operators, capital allocators, CRM) constantly try to optimise them, reassigning 'better' machines to processes. These managers usually see better/good placements as a combination of distinct objectives, hence why in this paper we define the data centre optimisation problem as a multi-objective machine reassignment problem. While classical solutions to address this either do not find many solutions (e.g., GRASP), do not cover well the search space (e.g., PLS), or even cannot operate properly (e.g., NSGA-II lacks a good initial population), we propose GeNePi, a novel hybrid algorithm. We show that GeNePi outperforms all the other algorithms in terms of quantity of solutions (nearly 6 times more solutions on average than the second best algorithm) and quality (hypervolume of the Pareto frontier is 106% better on average).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHybrid Metaheuristics - 9th International Workshop, HM 2014, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer-Verlag
Pages115-129
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9783319076430
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event9th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics, HM 2014 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 11 Jun 201413 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8457 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics, HM 2014
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period11/06/1413/06/14

Keywords

  • Data Centres
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Machine Reassignment
  • Multi-Objective Optimisation

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