STaaS: Cost Effective and Scalable Union Mounting in ICP for Aerospace Applications

Cloud computing widely used in various specific areas leads to the emergence of “Short-Time as a Service” (STaaS) as a cost-effective and scalable way for enterprises and organizations to access and utilize computing resources. Union mounting, a method that enables multiple file systems to be combined into one virtual file system, has been proposed as a strategy to optimize STaaS by allowing resources to be allocated dynamically based on user requirements. This research paper explores the feasibility and benefits of STaaS with the union mounting method, using a project providing a simulation environment on the Industry Cloud Platform (ICP) for the aerospace organization that requires an environment that can automatically and quickly create cluster groups of Cloud In the Loop Simulation (CILS) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations. The results demonstrate that STaaS with a union mounting method can provide significant benefits in terms of CILS cluster group creation, performance optimization, and flexibility. Specifically, our proposed research could reduce instance creation time costs by up to 90% compared to the traditional creation method. Overall, STaaS with union mounting method improves the creation time of the CILS cluster group for the aerospace organization requiring flexibility and cost-effectiveness.