Flash memories are considered a competitive alternative to rotating disks as non-volatile data storage for database management systems. However, even if the Flash Translation Layer...
The proliferation of new modes of communication and collaboration has resulted in an explosion of digital information. To turn this challenge into an opportunity, the IT industry ...
Hard-disk drive power consumption reduction methods focus mainly on increasing the amount of time the disk is in standby mode (disk spun down) by implementing aggressive data read...
Web users are spending more of their time and creative energies within online social networking systems. While many of these networks allow users to export their personal data or ...
We consider the problem of bulk data transfers and bandwidth sharing in the context of grid infrastructures. Grid computing empowers high-performance computing in a large-scale di...