An Architectural View Type for Elasticity Modeling and Simulation -- The Slingshot Approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10407v1
• Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:31:55 GMT
• Title: An Architectural View Type for Elasticity Modeling and Simulation -- The Slingshot Approach
• Authors: Floriment Klinaku, Sarah Sophie Stieß, Alireza Hakamian, Steffen Becker,
• Abstract summary: Software architects now play a strategic role in designing and deploying elasticity policies for automated resource management.<n>Existing approaches, often relying on formal models like Queueing Theory, require advanced skills and lack specific methods for representing elasticity within architectural models.<n>This paper introduces an architectural view type for modeling and simulating elasticity, supported by the Scaling Policy Definition (SPD) modeling language, a visual notation, and precise simulation semantics.
• Score: 0.8010120037374623
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The cloud computing model enables the on-demand provisioning of computing resources, reducing manual management, increasing efficiency, and improving environmental impact. Software architects now play a strategic role in designing and deploying elasticity policies for automated resource management. However, creating policies that meet performance and cost objectives is complex. Existing approaches, often relying on formal models like Queueing Theory, require advanced skills and lack specific methods for representing elasticity within architectural models. This paper introduces an architectural view type for modeling and simulating elasticity, supported by the Scaling Policy Definition (SPD) modeling language, a visual notation, and precise simulation semantics. The view type is integrated into the Palladio ecosystem, providing both conceptual and tool-based support. We evaluate the approach through two single-case experiments and a user study. In the first experiment, simulations of elasticity policies demonstrate sufficient accuracy when compared to load tests, showing the utility of simulations for evaluating elasticity. The second experiment confirms feasibility for larger applications, though with increased simulation times. The user study shows that participants completed 90% of tasks, rated the usability at 71%, and achieved an average score of 76% in nearly half the allocated time. However, the empirical evidence suggests that modeling with this architectural view requires more time than modeling control flow, resource environments, or usage profiles, despite its benefits for elasticity policy design and evaluation.

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