Two-Stage Adaptive Classification Cloud Workload Prediction Based on Neural Networks

Workload prediction is important for automatic scaling of resource management, and a high accuracy of workload prediction can reduce the cost and improve the resource utilization in the cloud. But, the task request is usually random mutation, so it is difficult to achieve more accurate prediction result for single models. Thus, to improve the prediction result, the authors proposed a novel two-stage workload prediction model based on artificial neural networks (ANNs), which is composed of one classification model and two prediction models. On the basis of the first-order gradient feature, the model can categorize the workload into two classes adaptively. Then, it can predict the workload by using the corresponding prediction neural network models according to the classification results. The experiment results demonstrate that the suggested model can achieve more accurate workload prediction compared with other models.