Using black-box modeling techniques for modern disk drives service time simulation

Proceedings - Simulation Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 139-145

  Garcia, José Daniel ^a   Prada, Laura ^a   Fernandez, Javier ^a   Nuñez, Alberto ^a   Carretero, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); INNOVATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM VARIABLES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL SIMULATION; BLACK BOXES; BLACK-BOX MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; DISK DRIVES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; I/O SUBSYSTEMS; NEW DEVICES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; RELATIVE ERROR; SERVICE TIME; SERVICE TIMES; SIMULATION MODELLING; STOCHASTIC PROCESSING; STORAGE DEVICES; SUBSYSTEM PERFORMANCE; SYNTHETIC WORKLOADS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; USE CASES;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 50149097618     PISSN: 1080241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ANSS-41.2008.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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