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Networked systems are often evaluated on overlay testbeds such as PlanetLab and emulation testbeds such as Emulab. Emulation testbeds give users great control over the host and ne...
Robert Ricci, Jonathon Duerig, Pramod Sanaga, Dani...
Patches to modern operating systems, including bug fixes and security updates, and the reboots and downtime they require, cause tremendous problems for system users and administr...
Andrew Baumann, Jonathan Appavoo, Robert W. Wisnie...
A virtual cluster is a promising technology for reducing management costs and improving capacity utilization in datacenters and computer centers. However, recent cluster virtualiz...