SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION

2. VM LOAD BALANCING SCENARIO AND MANAGEMENT
2.1. Related Work
2.2. Related Technology
2.3. Scenario
2.4. Centralized and Distributed Management

3. VM LOAD BALANCING ALGORITHM MODELING IN CLOUDS

4. LOAD BALANCING SCHEDULING METRICS COMPARISON

5. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION APPROACHES
5.1. Realistic Platforms
5.2. Simulation Toolkits

6. ALGORITHMS COMPARISON

7. CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS