Comprehensive and Comparative Study of Cloud Simulators

Computing and storage capacity are increasingly growing in cloud computing and hence, developers and programmers are deploying their files and applications on cloud. However, it is complex and difficult to deploy a real cloud and is costly as well. Moreover, resource utilization is not much efficient in real cloud. Hence, cloud simulation is considered as a fruitful and effective alternative. In this paper, we provide a complete study and analysis on a variety of cloud simulation tools. Moreover, we present parametric evaluation of cloud simulation tools on the basis of our identified parameters. In addition, we provide challenges and issues encountered by implementers and users of cloud computing during simulation of cloud. Our survey gives thorough overview of various cloud simulation tools, helping researchers and developers in selecting the most appropriate cloud simulation tool. Furthermore, it can be used as a catalog of available cloud simulators to come up with new design.