A model for characterizing the scalability of distributed systems

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 64-71

  Vijay Srinivas, A ^a   Janakiram, D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FILE ORGANIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS; FAULTLOADS; SCALABILITY BOTTLENECKS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845233305     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1075395.1075401     Document Type: Article

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