As mobile edge computing technology advances rapidly, latency-sensitive and resource-intensive applications are being offloaded to edge servers to enhance Quality of Service (QoS) for users. Traditional monolithic architectures, however, struggle to meet the escalating service and traffic requirements of distributed users due to their inherent inflexibility. In response to these challenges, microservices architecture, characterized by scalability and flexibility, has been adopted for dynamic deployment at the network edge. However, the deployment of these lightweight, dependency-rich components in a way that minimally impacts the makespan and maximizes quality of service is complex. Current studies often overlook the deployment of microservices with specific dependencies within constrained environments of edge server clusters and communication links. This paper introduces practical and effective strategies for the deployment and updating of microservices, tailored to various application contexts. Initially, two scenarios are analyzed: one constrained by bandwidth with unlimited storage, and the other by storage with unlimited bandwidth. For each scenario, optimal solutions are developed using a novel enhanced graph construction method. The study progresses to a more intricate scenario involving comprehensive constraints on storage, computation, and communication resources. An optimized deployment method is proposed, utilizing main path embedding followed by an innovative simulated annealing algorithm for iterative refinement. This method is validated by demonstrating that the main path coincides with the critical path. Furthermore, the dynamic reallocation of edge resources is explored through a critical path-based updating algorithm that optimizes microservice locations to reduce overall makespan. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our strategies outperform existing representative benchmark approaches in terms of overall performance and microservice deployment efficiency.

In the context of mobile edge computing, achieving dynamic service caching and updating to guarantee the QoS of users and reduce system costs is a challenging problem. However, existing research still has certain deficiencies in considering the dynamic behavior of users and the limited storage resources of edge servers. To address this problem, this paper investigates optimizing the service caching and updating problem within multi-stage and proposes a novel framework with three proposed strategies for the different stages to jointly optimize the delay and cost. At the initial service caching stage, we propose a basic caching strategy based on dynamic programming for the single-area scenario, taking into account the constraint of limited memory resources. To improve the caching strategy, we extend our consideration to the multiple-area scenario and design an improved algorithm based on tabu search. Given the dynamic behavior of users, we formulate the joint optimization problem as a Markov Decision Process (MDP) and design a service extension strategy based on reinforcement learning at the service updating decision-making stage and a replacement strategy taking both the distribution of service replications and service access frequency into account at the service updating replacement stage to guarantee the QoS of users. We effectively tackle the challenges arising from the dynamic behavior of users and limited storage resources. Through extensive comparative experiments, our approach outperforms traditional strategies by significantly reducing user latency and system cost.

In cloud data centers, the exponential growth of data places increasing demands on computing, storage, and network resources, especially in multi-tenant environments. While this growth is crucial for ensuring Quality of Service (QoS), it also introduces challenges such as fluctuating resource requirements and static container configurations, which can lead to resource underutilization and high energy consumption. This article addresses online resource provisioning and efficient scheduling for multi-tenant environments, aiming to minimize energy consumption while balancing elasticity and QoS requirements. To address this, we propose a novel optimization framework that reformulates the resource provisioning problem into a more manageable form. By reducing the original multi-constraint optimization to a container placement problem, we apply the interior-point barrier method to simplify the optimization, integrating constraints directly into the objective function for efficient computation. We also introduce elasticity as a key parameter to balance energy consumption with autonomous resource scaling, ensuring that resource consolidation does not compromise system flexibility. The proposed Energy-Efficient and Elastic Resource Provisioning (EEP) framework comprises three main modules: a distributed resource management module that employs vertical partitioning and dynamic leader election for adaptive resource allocation; a prediction module using$\omega$-step prediction for accurate resource demand forecasting; and an elastic scheduling module that dynamically adjusts to tenant scaling needs, optimizing resource allocation and minimizing energy consumption. Extensive experiments across diverse cloud scenarios demonstrate that the EEP framework significantly improves energy efficiency and resource utilization compared to established baselines, supporting sustainable cloud management practices.

In the context of mobile edge computing, achieving dynamic service caching and updating to guarantee the QoS of users and reduce system costs is a challenging problem. However, existing research still has certain deficiencies in considering the dynamic behavior of users and the limited storage resources of edge servers. To address this problem, this paper proposes three novel strategies for the different stages of service caching and updating to jointly optimize the delay and cost. At the initial service caching stage, we propose a caching strategy based on dynamic programming, taking into account the constraint of limited memory resources. Given the dynamic behavior of users, we formulate the joint optimization problem as a Markov Decision Process (MDP) and design a service extension strategy based on Q-learning at the service updating decision-making stage and a replacement strategy taking both the distribution of service replications and service access frequency into account at the service updating replacement stage to guarantee the QoS of users. We effectively tackle the challenges arising from the dynamic behavior of users and limited storage resources. Through extensive comparative experiments, our approach outperforms traditional strategies by significantly reducing user latency and system cost.