A Survey and Taxonomy of Energy Efficiency Relevant Surveys in Cloud-Related Environments

The problem of energy consumption in the cloud related environments has attracted a great deal of attention in research and industry communities. In the past ten years, a large number of studies have been done on energy efficiency algorithms, methods, strategies, or techniques. Over the past five years, many scholars have conducted surveys on those energy efficiency strategies from different perspectives. In this paper, we conduct a survey and build the taxonomy on current existing energy efficiency relevant surveys, that is, a survey on surveys of energy efficiency. We classify current existing surveys into five categories, including surveys on the energy efficiency of the whole cloud related systems, surveys on energy efficiency of the certain level or component of the cloud, surveys on all of energy efficient strategies, surveys on a certain energy efficiency techniques, and other energy efficiency related surveys. The survey and taxonomy on the energy efficient relevant surveys conducted in this paper provide comprehensive knowledge on the current level of this research filed. Furthermore, observations are exhibited by the statistic data graphs exacted from the investigated surveys. The observations hidden in those surveys on energy efficiency will make it clear the future research directions in the energy related research field. Future research directions are listed in the final section.