Distributed file system virtualization techniques supporting on-demand Virtual Machine environments for grid computing

Cluster Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-56

  Zhao, Ming ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Figueiredo, Renato J ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed file system; Grid computing; Virtual machine

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144460523     PISSN: 13867857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10586-006-4896-x     Document Type: Article

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