Optimizing Cloud Service Efficiency With Infrastructure-Aware Scheduling
Abstract
With the rapid development of cloud-native computing technologies, containers have become an integral part of cloud infrastructure. At the same time, Kubernetes has positioned itself as a solid foundation for cloud-native orchestration platforms. However, the exponential growth of the container adoption raises a concern over energy usage. Existing Kubernetes scheduling approaches are not sophisticated enough to factor energy efficiency and infrastructure differences into the scheduling decisions. To address these shortages, we propose a novel scheduling system for Kubernetes clusters that considers infrastructure specifics and further task requirements. The system uses a benchmarking suite to model node performance, selects appropriate scheduling algorithms based on the number of tasks, and further optimizes cluster power consumption through re-scheduling. Our evaluation results show that the proposed approach achieves a power consumption reduction of18.46% compared to the Kubernetes scheduler.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Big Data and Digital Economy
Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
Publication details
- Journal / source
- IEEE Access
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Volume
- 14
- Pages
- 24686–24699
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026