RACS: A case for cloud storage diversity

Proceedings of the 1st ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing, SoCC '10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 229-239

  Abu Libdeh, Hussam ^a   Princehouse, Lonnie ^a   Weatherspoon, Hakim ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Cloud storage; Distributed systems; Erasure codes; Fault tolerance; Vendor lockin

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; CODING PARAMETERS; DATA CENTERS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; ERASURE CODES; FILE SYSTEMS; INTERNET ARCHIVE; LARGE ORGANIZATIONS; LOCK-IN; STORAGE LEVEL; TECHNIQUES USED; TRACE DRIVEN SIMULATION; USER DATA;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST REDUCTION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954899284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1807128.1807165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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