Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) provide a means to build a completely decentralized, large-scale persistent storage service from the individual storage capacities contributed by ea...
Replication combined with explicit management of data integrity constraints can be used to enhance availability of object-oriented, data-centric distributed systems when node and ...
Multi-dimensional storage virtualization (MDSV) allows multiple virtual disks, each with a distinct combination of capacity, latency and bandwidth requirements, to be multiplexed ...
—Grid computing is becoming more and more attractive for coordinating large-scale heterogeneous resource sharing and problem solving. Of particular interest for effective Grid co...
—The functional heterogeneity of non-dedicated computational grids will increase with the inclusion of resources from desktop grids, P2P systems, and even mobile grids. Machine f...