Scientific computing using virtual high-performance computing: A case study using the amazon elastic computing cloud

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2008, Pages 94-103

  Hazelhurst, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amazon elastic computing cloud; Clusters; High performance computing; Virtualisation

Indexed keywords

AMAZON ELASTIC COMPUTING CLOUD; APPLICATION AREA; CLUSTERS; CLUSTERS OF COMPUTERS; COMMON ARCHITECTURE; CPU POWER; DEDICATED SYSTEMS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; ON-DEMAND; REAL APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; VIRTUAL CLUSTERS; VIRTUALISATION;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENGINEERS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 70049107624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1456659.1456671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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