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IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
New Results on the Performance Effects of Autocorrelated Flows in Systems
Temporal dependence within the workload of any computing or networking system has been widely recognized as a significant factor affecting performance. More specifically, burstin...
Evgenia Smirni, Qi Zhang, Ningfang Mi, Alma Riska,...
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
A Strategyproof Mechanism for Scheduling Divisible Loads in Linear Networks
In this paper we augment DLT (Divisible Load Theory) with incentives such that it is beneficial for processors to report their true processing capacity and compute their assignme...
Thomas E. Carroll, Daniel Grosu
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Combining Compression, Encryption and Fault-tolerant Coding for Distributed Storage
Storing data in distributed systems aims to offer higher bandwidth and scalability than storing locally. But, a couple of disadvantageous issues must be taken into account such as...
Peter Sobe, Kathrin Peter
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Strategies for Replica Placement in Tree Networks
In this paper, we discuss and compare several policies to place replicas in tree networks, subject to server capacity constraints. The client requests are known beforehand, while ...
Anne Benoit, Veronika Rehn, Yves Robert
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
A Utility-based Approach to Cost-Aware Caching in Heterogeneous Storage Systems
Modern single and multi-processor computer systems incorporate, either directly or through a LAN, a number of storage devices with diverse performance characteristics. These stora...
Liton Chakraborty, Ajit Singh
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Identifying and Addressing Uncertainty in Architecture-Level Software Reliability Modeling
Assessing reliability at early stages of software development, such as at the level of software architecture, is desirable and can provide a cost-effective way of improving a soft...
Leslie Cheung, Leana Golubchik, Nenad Medvidovic, ...