An efficient disk I/O characteristics collection method based on virtual machine technology

Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 943-949

  Yu Liang, Shen ^a,b   Lu, Xu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

APPLICATION SYSTEMS; BENCHMARK WORKLOADS; CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSES; COLLECTION METHODS; DISK I/O; HARD DISK SYSTEMS; I/O PERFORMANCES; MECHANISM CHARACTERS; OPERATING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES; VIRTUAL MACHINE ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITORS; VIRTUAL MACHINE TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 56349111174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HPCC.2008.92     Document Type: Conference Paper

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