Supporting cloud computing with the virtual block store system

e-science 2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science Workshops

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 71-78

  Gao, Xiaoming ^a   Lowe, Mike ^a   Ma, Yu ^a   Pierce, Marlon ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC BLOCKS; BLOCK STORAGE SYSTEMS; CLOUD COMPUTING; ELASTIC BLOCKS; FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE; HYPERVISOR; I/O BENCHMARK; STORAGE SERVICES; VIRTUAL DEVICES; VIRTUAL MACHINES; VIRTUAL-MACHINE MANAGERS;

RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY;

SERVERS;

EID: 77950106083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESCIW.2009.5408000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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