Research Article

A Comprehensive Sensitivity Analysis of a Data Center Network with Server Virtualization for Business Continuity

Table 1

Description of places in SRN system models of DCN2 and DCN3.

PlaceDescription

, , , , , , , , , , , and Running states of respective hosts: H00, H01, H02, H10, H11, H12, H20, H21, H22, H30, H31, and H32.

, , , , , , , , , , , and Down states of respective hosts: H00, H01, H02, H10, H11, H12, H20, H21, H22, H30, H31, and H32.

, , , and Running states of respective switches: S0, S1, S2, and S3.

, , , and Down states of respective switches: S0, S1, S2, and S3.

, , , , , , , , , , , and Running states of respective VMs: VM00, VM01, VM02, VM10, VM11, VM12, VM20, VM21, VM22, VM30, VM31, and VM32.

, , , , , , , , , , , and Down states of respective VMs: VM00, VM01, VM02, VM10, VM11, VM12, VM20, VM21, VM22, VM30, VM31, and VM32.

and ; and ; and Intermediate states of VM migration processes in DCell00], DCell01], and DCell02] in DCN2, respectively, from H01 to H00 and from H00 to H01, from H11 to H10 and from H10 to H11, and from H21 to H20 and from H20 to H21.

and ; and ; and Intermediates states of VM migration processes in DCell00] in DCN3, respectively, from H00 to H01 and from H10 to H00, from H01 to H02 and from H02 to H01, and from H00 to H02 and from H02 to H00

and ; and ; and Intermediate states of VM migration processes in DCell01] in DCN3, respectively, from H10 to H11 and from H11 to H10, from H11 to H12 and from H12 to H11, and from H10 to H12 and from H12 to H10.

and ; and ; and Intermediate states of VM migration processes in DCell02] in DCN3, respectively, from H20 to H21 and from H21 to H20, from H21 to H22 and from H22 to H21, and from H20 to H22 and from H22 to H20.

and ; and ; and Intermediate states of VM migration processes in DCell03] in DCN3, respectively, from H30 to H31 and from H31 to H30, from H31 to H32 and from H32 to H31, and from H30 to H32 and from H32 to H30.

and Intermediate states of VM migration processes between DCell00] and DCell01] in DCN2 and DCN3, respectively, from H00 to H10 and from H10 to H00.

and Intermediate states of VM migration processes between DCell01] and DCell02] in DCN2 and DCN3, respectively, from H11 to H21 and from H21 to H11.

and Intermediate states of VM migration processes between DCell02] and DCell00] in DCN2 and DCN3, respectively, from H20 to H01 and from H01 to H20.

and Intermediate states of VM migration processes between DCell00] and DCell03] in DCN3, respectively, from H02 to H30 and from H30 to H02.

and Intermediate states of VM migration processes between DCell01] and DCell03] in DCN3, respectively, from H12 to H31 and from H31 to H12.

and Intermediate states of VM migration processes between DCell02] and DCell03] in DCN3, respectively, from H22 to H32 and from H32 to H22.