Creating a Common Cloud Computing Reference API or Standard - Part One | ORACLE DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL

Creating a Common Cloud Computing Reference API or Standard - Part One | ORACLE DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL: "* Monitoring and System Metrics
One of the best aspects of using cloud technology is the ability to scale applications in tandem to the underlying infrastructure and the demands placed on it. Rather then just scaling on system load, users should have the ability to selectively scale on other metrics such as response time, network throughput or other metrics made available. Having a uniform way to interact with system metrics will enable cloud providers and consumers a common way to scale applications"