Cloud resource orchestration in the multi-cloud landscape: a systematic review of existing frameworks

Tomarchio, Orazio; Calcaterra, Domenico; Modica, Giuseppe Di

doi:10.1186/s13677-020-00194-7

Journal of Cloud Computing

Advances, Systems and Applications

Table 3 Application-based comparison of production/commercial CROFs

From: Cloud resource orchestration in the multi-cloud landscape: a systematic review of existing frameworks

	CROFs
	Application Features	Heat	Cloudify	Brooklyn	Stratos	Alien4Cloud	Terraform	CloudFormation
	Portability
	- Model Standards	0	0	0	x	0	x	x
	- Model Reusability	0	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	0	0	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	0
	- Model Sharing	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	0	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x
Development	Containerisation	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	Resource Selection
	- Manual Binding	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- Automatic Binding	x	x	0	x	x	x	x
	- Optimised Binding	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	- Dynamic Binding	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	Lifecycle Control
	- Script-based	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- DevOps	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	Wiring & Workflow
	- Attribute & Event Passing	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	0	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- Manual Workflow	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	x
	- Automatic Workflow	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
Deployment	- External Services	x	x	x	x	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x
	Monitoring
	- System Metrics	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- Application Metrics	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- Custom Metrics	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- Aggregation	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	0	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- Historical Data	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	Runtime Adaptation
	- Threshold-based	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- Rule Engine	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	x
	- Horizontal Scaling	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
	- Migration	x	0	x	0	0	x	0
	- Failure Recovery	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	0	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)
Execution	- CI/CD	0	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	0	x	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)	\(\mathbf {\checkmark }\)

x = not fulfilled, 0 = partially fulfilled, \(\mathbf {\checkmark }\) = fully fulfilled

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