The Role of General-Purpose Operating Systems in Cloud Computing

Abstract

Although conventional operating systems themselves use a lot of system resources, like memory for their operations and disk space for installation, general operating systems can be thought of as heavy system software that serves as a platform for other application software to run over the current machine and efficiently utilize the resources. But things have altered since cloud operating systems were introduced. The operating system no longer needs to be installed. In this paper, we shed light on the development of cloud operating systems and their ground-breaking advantages. Cloud computing is a relatively recent concept in the field of network computing. Conventional operating systems are unable to support heterogeneous multicore platforms and meet all of the demands of cloud computing. The cloud operating system offers a set of options for resource management, metrics to make programming in the cloud easier, and a flexible and uniform programming interface to the underlying distributed hardware. Many cloud operating systems are now accessible. Operating systems and cloud computing have come together to create a new era of innovation that has the potential to completely change the technological landscape. This abstract explores how OS systems and the cloud interact dynamically and how this collaboration is bringing about revolutionary change. Operating systems have evolved beyond their conventional functions to meet the needs of distributed computing, virtualization, and containers. With a focus on performance, security, and resource optimization, this abstract explores the potential and problems presented by this progression. We will talk about it in this paper. General-purpose operating systems and their function in cloud computing.