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Work Load Patterns

The document describes different types of workloads that IT resources may experience: Static Workload is characterized by a constant, flat level of utilization over time. Resources required do not change so an elastic cloud is less beneficial. Periodic Workload has recurring peaks in utilization at regular intervals, like monthly bills. Cost can be reduced in clouds with pay-per-use by removing resources during non-peak times. Once-in-a-lifetime Workload is similar to Periodic but with peaks occurring only once, like a known one-time event. Resources can be manually provisioned for the known peak time. Unpredictable Workload has random, unforeseeable utilization patterns requiring automated

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Work Load Patterns

The document describes different types of workloads that IT resources may experience: Static Workload is characterized by a constant, flat level of utilization over time. Resources required do not change so an elastic cloud is less beneficial. Periodic Workload has recurring peaks in utilization at regular intervals, like monthly bills. Cost can be reduced in clouds with pay-per-use by removing resources during non-peak times. Once-in-a-lifetime Workload is similar to Periodic but with peaks occurring only once, like a known one-time event. Resources can be manually provisioned for the known peak time. Unpredictable Workload has random, unforeseeable utilization patterns requiring automated

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Static Workload

IT resources with an equal utilization over time experience Static Workload.

Static Workloads are characterized by a more-or-less flat utilization profile over time within
certain boundaries.

An application experiencing Static Workload is less likely to benefit from an elastic cloud that
offers a pay-per-use billing, because the number of required resources is constant.

Periodic Workload
IT resources with a peaking utilization at reoccurring time intervals experience periodic
workload.

In our real lives, periodic tasks and routines are very common. For example, monthly paychecks,
monthly telephone bills, yearly car checkups, weekly status reports, or the daily use of public
transport during rush hour, all these tasks and routines occur in well-defined intervals.

From a customer perspective the cost-saving potential in scope of Periodic Workload is to use a
provider with a pay-per-use pricing model allowing the decommissioning of resources during
non-peak times.
Once-in-a-lifetime Workload
IT resources with an equal utilization over time disturbed by a strong peak occurring only once
experience Once-in-a-lifetime Workload.

As a special case of Periodic Workload, the peaks of periodic utilization can occur only once in a
very long timeframe. Often, this peak is known in advance as it correlates to a certain event or
task.

The elasticity of a cloud is used to obtain IT resources necessary. The provisioning and
decommissioning of IT resources can often be realized as a manual task, because it is performed
at a known point in time.

Unpredictable Workload
IT resources with a random and unforeseeable utilization over time experience unpredictable
workload.

Random workloads are a generalization of Periodic Workloads as they require elasticity but are
not predictable. Such workloads occur quite often in the real world.

Unplanned provisioning and decommissioning of IT resources is required. The necessary


provisioning and decommissioning of IT resources is, therefore, automated to align the resource
numbers to changing workload.
Continuously Changing Workload
IT resources with a utilization that grows or shrinks constantly over time experience
Continuously Changing Workload.

Many applications experience a long term change in workload.

Continuously Changing Workload is characterized by an ongoing continuous growth or decline


of the utilization. Elasticity of clouds enables applications experiencing Continuously Changing
Workload to provision or decommission resources with the same rate as the workload changes.

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