Task Scheduling in Geo-Distributed Computing: A Survey

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Main Authors: Wu, Yujian, Tang, Shanjiang, Yu, Ce, Yang, Bin, Sun, Chao, Xiao, Jian, Wu, Hutong
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author Wu, Yujian
Tang, Shanjiang
Yu, Ce
Yang, Bin
Sun, Chao
Xiao, Jian
Wu, Hutong
author_facet Wu, Yujian
Tang, Shanjiang
Yu, Ce
Yang, Bin
Sun, Chao
Xiao, Jian
Wu, Hutong
contents Geo-distributed computing, a paradigm that assigns computational tasks to globally distributed nodes, has emerged as a promising approach in cloud computing, edge computing, cloud-edge computing and supercomputer computing (HPC). It enables low-latency services, ensures data locality, and handles large-scale applications. As global computing capacity and task demands increase rapidly, scheduling tasks for efficient execution in geo-distributed computing systems has become an increasingly critical research challenge. It arises from the inherent characteristics of geographic distribution, including heterogeneous network conditions, region-specific resource pricing, and varying computational capabilities across locations. Researchers have developed diverse task scheduling methods tailored to geo-distributed scenarios, aiming to achieve objectives such as performance enhancement, fairness assurance, and fault-tolerance improvement. This survey provides a comprehensive and systematic review of task scheduling techniques across four major distributed computing environments, with an in-depth analysis of these approaches based on their core scheduling objectives. Through our analysis, we identify key research challenges and outline promising directions for advancing task scheduling in geo-distributed computing.
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spellingShingle Task Scheduling in Geo-Distributed Computing: A Survey
Wu, Yujian
Tang, Shanjiang
Yu, Ce
Yang, Bin
Sun, Chao
Xiao, Jian
Wu, Hutong
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Geo-distributed computing, a paradigm that assigns computational tasks to globally distributed nodes, has emerged as a promising approach in cloud computing, edge computing, cloud-edge computing and supercomputer computing (HPC). It enables low-latency services, ensures data locality, and handles large-scale applications. As global computing capacity and task demands increase rapidly, scheduling tasks for efficient execution in geo-distributed computing systems has become an increasingly critical research challenge. It arises from the inherent characteristics of geographic distribution, including heterogeneous network conditions, region-specific resource pricing, and varying computational capabilities across locations. Researchers have developed diverse task scheduling methods tailored to geo-distributed scenarios, aiming to achieve objectives such as performance enhancement, fairness assurance, and fault-tolerance improvement. This survey provides a comprehensive and systematic review of task scheduling techniques across four major distributed computing environments, with an in-depth analysis of these approaches based on their core scheduling objectives. Through our analysis, we identify key research challenges and outline promising directions for advancing task scheduling in geo-distributed computing.
title Task Scheduling in Geo-Distributed Computing: A Survey
topic Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.15504