Cloud computing is a computing paradigm where applications, data, memory, bandwidth and IT services are provided over the Internet. Cloud computing is based on pay per usage model. Cloud service providers provide virtual resources to the cloud users. The ultimate goal of cloud service providers is to gain maximum profit and use resources efficiently. Scheduling refers to a set of policies to control the order of work to be performed by a system. Task scheduling plays vital role in cloud computing system to manage heavy load or traffic. Efficient task scheduling improves resource utilization, response time and also meets user requirements. In this paper, Survey on various task scheduling methods for parallel workloads is made.

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