New techniques for modeling file data distribution on storage nodes

Proceedings - Simulation Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 175-182

  Núñez, Alberto ^a   Fernández, Javier ^a   Garcia, Jose Daniel ^a   Prada, Laura ^a   Carretero, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ACCESS TIME; ANNUAL SIMULATION; DATA BLOCKS; DATA DISTRIBUTIONS; FILE SIZES; FILE SYSTEMS; GENERAL-PURPOSE SYSTEMS; NEW TECHNIQUES; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; STORAGE NODES; STRESS TESTING;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 50249107798     PISSN: 1080241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ANSS-41.2008.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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