A Novel Energy-Efficient Hybrid Optimization Algorithm for Load Balancing in Cloud Computing

In the field of Cloud Computing (CC), load balancing is a method applied to distribute workloads and computing resources appropriately. It enables organizations to effectively manage the needs of their applications or workloads by spreading resources across numerous PCs, networks, or servers. This research paper offers a unique load balancing method named FFBSO, which combines Firefly algorithm (FF) which reduces the search space and Bird Swarm Optimization (BSO). BSO takes inspiration from the collective behavior of birds, exhibiting tasks as birds and VMs as destination food patches. In the cloud environment, tasks are regarded as autonomous and non-preemptive. On the other hand, the BSO algorithm maps tasks onto suitable VMs by identifying the possible best positions. Simulation findings reveal that the FFBSO algorithm beat other approaches, obtaining the lowest average reaction time of 13ms, maximum resource usage of 99%, all while attaining a makespan of 35s.