Scaling file systems to support petascale clusters: A dependability analysis to support informed design choices

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 386-391

  Gaonkar, Shravan ^a   Rozier, Eric ^a   Tong, Anthony ^a   Sanders, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Modeling techniques; Reliability and availability; Simulation; Storage systems

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; MODELING TECHNIQUES; RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY; SIMULATION; STORAGE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; TRACE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 53349175680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2008.4630107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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