Reinforcing SLA Consensus on Blockchain

Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Service Level Agreements (SLAs) assessment constitutes the de facto area of interest and applications in the public cloud infrastructure. However, the domination of colossal corporations tends to monopolize the way metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs...

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Published in:Computers (Basel) 2021-12, Vol.10 (12), p.159
Main Authors: Kapsoulis, Nikolaos, Psychas, Alexandros, Litke, Antonios, Varvarigou, Theodora
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Blockchain
chaincode isolation
Cloud computing
Cryptography
Endorsements
Infrastructure
Privacy
public cloud
Quality of service
Self evaluation
SLA assessment
Software
Trust
trusted execution environment
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Summary:Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Service Level Agreements (SLAs) assessment constitutes the de facto area of interest and applications in the public cloud infrastructure. However, the domination of colossal corporations tends to monopolize the way metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are measured and determined, leading to governed environments where the clientele is unable to obtain accurate and unbiased assessment of SLAs. Leaning toward SLA self-assessment, this paper provides a fair SLA consensus approach with innate transparency and privacy by leveraging permissioned blockchains that are equipped with Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs). The SLA assessment intelligence is performed inside enclaved smart contracts isolated from the on-chain entities views. The result constitutes a permissioned blockchain ecosystem where the IaaS and their clientele commonly agree on all the respective SLA monitoring and computation rules beforehand, as defined in any SLA assessment process, while the SLA consensus scheme constantly audits the SLA metrics based on these pre-approved regulations.
ISSN:2073-431X
2073-431X
DOI:10.3390/computers10120159