This document summarizes a framework called CloudGenius that provides decision support for migrating web servers to the cloud. It presents the motivation for migrating web servers to gain cloud features like elasticity. It describes the CloudGenius framework which models the cloud landscape and provides evaluation methods to select optimal virtual machine images and cloud services. It also describes CumulusGenius, a Java implementation of the CloudGenius model and evaluation methods. Experiments show the computation time of the evaluation methods grows non-linearly as the database of options increases in size. Future work focuses on improving the attribute data, applying the framework to real migration scenarios, and expanding the cloud landscape database.
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