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New benchmark CloudCons evaluates AI for cloud resource consolidation

Researchers have introduced CloudCons, a new benchmark designed to evaluate the effectiveness of forecasting models in cloud resource consolidation. Existing benchmarks primarily focus on prediction accuracy, neglecting the practical decision-making utility of models in real-world scenarios. CloudCons utilizes diverse datasets from Huawei Cloud, Azure, and Google Borg to assess various statistical, deep learning, and foundation models. A key finding is that while foundation models excel in zero-shot forecasting accuracy, this does not guarantee improved decision utility for resource consolidation. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Xiaobin Zhang, Lefei Shen, Mouxiang Chen, Zhuo Li, Hongkai Li, Han Fu, Jianling Sun, Xiaoxue Ren, Chenghao Liu ·

    CloudCons: A Comprehensive End-to-End Benchmark for Cloud Resource Consolidation

    arXiv:2606.13513v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Driven by conservative over-provisioning to guarantee service reliability, resource utilization in cloud data centers remains at low levels. To mitigate this, the forecast-then-optimize paradigm has emerged to optimize consolidation…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Chenghao Liu ·

    CloudCons: A Comprehensive End-to-End Benchmark for Cloud Resource Consolidation

    Driven by conservative over-provisioning to guarantee service reliability, resource utilization in cloud data centers remains at low levels. To mitigate this, the forecast-then-optimize paradigm has emerged to optimize consolidation by anticipating future demands. While emerging …