Cooperative checkpointing, in which the system dynamically skips checkpoints requested by applications at runtime, can exploit system-level information to improve performance and ...
This paper addresses the dynamic scheduling of moldable jobs with QoS demands (soft-deadlines) in multiclusters. A moldable job can be run on a variable number of resources. Three ...
Ligang He, Stephen A. Jarvis, Daniel P. Spooner, X...
As disk arrays become widely used, tools for understanding and analyzing their performance become increasingly important. In particular, performance models can be invaluable in bo...
Multi-resolution validation of hierarchical performance models of scientific applications is critical primarily for two reasons. First, the step-by-step validation determines the c...
Several efforts have been made over the years for developing file systems in user space. Many of these efforts have failed to make a significant impact as measured by their us...