In this paper, we take an availability-centric view on quality of service (QoS) and propose a model and mechanisms for studying the effectiveness of realistic replication schemes ...
Mobile networks are becoming increasingly popular as a means for distributing information to a large number of users. In comparison to wired networks, mobile networks are distingu...
As a promising new technology with the unique properties like high efficiency, scalability and fault tolerance, Peer-toPeer (P2P) technology is used as the underlying network to b...
Weixiong Rao, Lei Chen 0002, Ada Wai-Chee Fu, Ying...
An increasing number of database applications require online access to massive amounts of data. Since large-scale storage systems implemented entirely on magnetic disk can be impr...
Bruce Hillyer, Rajeev Rastogi, Abraham Silberschat...
In parallel computing environments such as HPC clusters and the Grid, data-intensive applications involve large overhead costs due to a concentration of access to the files on co...