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DOI: https://doi.org/10.63345/ijrmeet.org.v13.i4.19
Ahmed Al Falasi
Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity expert
Independent Researcher
UAE
Abstract— The rapid evolution of cloud-native microservices architectures has introduced unprecedented scalability and agility benefits while simultaneously creating complex operational challenges in maintaining system resilience and performance predictability. Traditional reactive autoscaling mechanisms, which respond to resource utilization thresholds after they are breached, are inherently insufficient for the dynamic and bursty workloads characteristic of modern distributed systems. This paper presents a novel AI-driven predictive autoscaling and fault tolerance framework specifically designed for cloud-native microservices architectures, drawing inspiration from the automated anomaly detection concepts in Mistry, Goswami, and Mavani (2024) but applying them to infrastructure resilience rather than security. The proposed framework integrates: (1) a multi-modal telemetry collection layer that captures system metrics, application performance indicators, and business-level signals; (2) a predictive workload forecasting engine employing transformer-based neural networks and graph neural networks to anticipate resource demands across service meshes; (3) a proactive scaling orchestrator that pre-allocates resources before demand peaks, integrating with horizontal pod autoscaling (HPA) and cluster autoscaling mechanisms; and (4) an adaptive fault tolerance module with predictive failure detection and self-healing capabilities. Experimental validation in production Kubernetes environments demonstrates that the framework reduces tail latency (p99) by 42%, improves resource utilization efficiency by 31%, decreases scaling reaction time by 67%, and achieves a 76% reduction in service-level objective (SLO) violations compared to conventional threshold-based autoscaling. The system demonstrates particular effectiveness in handling flash-crowd scenarios, with zero downtime during simulated traffic spikes of 500% above baseline. This research contributes to cloud platform engineering by offering a practical, implementable framework that transforms infrastructure operations from reactive to predictive, enabling organizations to achieve both performance and cost optimization in cloud-native environments.
Keywords— Cloud-native computing, Microservices, Predictive autoscaling, Kubernetes, AI-driven operations, Fault tolerance, Service mesh, Platform engineering, Resource optimization, MLOps
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