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Table 4 Cloud computing simulator comparison

From: Experimental comparison of simulation tools for efficient cloud and mobile cloud computing applications

Parameter

CloudSim

CloudAnalyst

CloudReport

CloudExp

GreenCloud

iCanCloud

Platform

SimJava (GridSim)

Java SE 1.6, Swing, SimJava (CloudSim)

Ant, Maven, Java development kit (CloudSim)

CloudSim

NS2

OMNET, MPI

Availability

Open source

Open source

Open Source

No

Open source

Open source

Language/Script

Java

Java

Java

Java

C++/OTcl

C++

Graphical support

Limited by using CloudAnalyst and CloudReport

Full

Full

Full

Limited by using Nam

Full

Communication Models

Limited

Limited

Limited

Full

Full

Full

Power consumption modeling support

Limited

Limited

Limited

Yes

Yes

Work in progress

Run on windows environment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes