Table 3 Edge-cloudsim environment settings.

From: Optimizing resource allocation for IoT applications in the edge cloud continuum using hybrid metaheuristic algorithms

Host

Parameter

Value

 

Number of edge nodes

5

 

Number of cloud servers

2

 

Edge node computational capacity

500 cycles/s

 

Cloud server computational capacity

5,000 cycles/s

 

Edge node storage capacity

10 GB

 

Cloud server storage capacity

100 GB

 

Network bandwidth (Edge-Cloud)

10 MB/s

 

Network latency (Edge-Cloud)

50 ms

 

Network bandwidth (Device-Edge)

100 MB/s

 

Network latency (Device-Edge)

10 ms

Tasks

Number of tasks

[1000–5000]

Average task length

1000–5000] MIS

File Size

[500, 1000] MB

Virtual Machine

VM per edge/cloud

10/30

Accumulated RAM per edge/cloud

0.5/1 GB

Accumulated storage per edge/cloud

5/10 GB

VM processing power per edge/cloud

1000/2000 MIPS

VM policy

Time shared