Title: Scalable Elastic Systems Architecture

Authors: Jonathan Appavoo and Dan Schatzberg

Date: April 15, 2012

Abstract:

Cloud computing has spurred the exploration and exploitation of
elastic access to large scales of computing.  To date the predominate
building blocks by which elasticity has been exploited are
applications and operating systems that are built around traditional
computing infrastructure and programming models that are in-elastic or
at best coarsely elastic.  What would happen if application themselves
could express and exploit elasticity in a fine grain fashion and this
elasticity could be efficiently mapped to the scale and elasticity
offered by modern cloud hardware systems?  Would economic and market
models that exploit elasticity pervade even the lowest levels? And
would this enable greater efficiency both globally and individually?
Would novel approaches to traditional problems such as quality of
service arise?  Would new applications be enabled both technically and
economically?