RaDaR: A scalable architecture for a global Web hosting service

Computer Networks

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1545-1561

  Rabinovich, Michael ^a   Aggarwal, Amit ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION SERVICES;

HOSTING SERVICES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0033296970     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1286(99)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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