Partition repositories for partition cloning OS independent software maintenance in large clusters of PCs

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 233-242

  Rauch, F ^a   Kurmann, C ^a   Stricker, T M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cloning; History; Image analysis; Image storage; Laboratories; Linux; Operating systems; Personal communication networks; Software maintenance; Software prototyping

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DIGITAL STORAGE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; LINUX; MAINTENANCE; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

LARGE CLUSTERS; MULTI-PURPOSE; ORTHOGONAL AXES; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RELEASE HISTORY; SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONS; STORAGE SCHEMES; SYSTEM CONFIGURATION STATE;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 34547703718     PISSN: 15525244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLUSTR.2000.889066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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