Characterization of network processing overheads in Xen

VTDC 2006 - 2nd International Workshop on Virtualization Technology in Distributed Computing; held in Conjunction with SC06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2-

  Apparao, Padma ^a   Makineni, Srihari ^a   Newell, Don ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; VIRTUAL MACHINE; VIRTUALIZATION;

IN-NETWORK PROCESSING; LINUX MACHINES; NETWORK PACKETS; NETWORK PROCESSING; PROCESSING PERFORMANCE; VIRTUALIZATION TECHNIQUES; VIRTUALIZATIONS; VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 48249139868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VTDC.2006.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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