Monitoring Large-Scale Cloud Systems with Layered Gossip Protocols

In this paper we propose the development of a cloud monitoring suite to provide scalable and robust lookup, data collection and analysis services for large-scale cloud systems. We propose a multi-tier architecture using a layered gossip protocol to aggregate monitoring information and facilitate lookup, information collection and the identification of redundant capacity. This enables monitoring to be done insitu without the need for significant additional infrastructure to facilitate monitoring services.