HEP specific benchmarks of virtual machines on multi-core CPU architectures

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 219, Issue 1 PART 5, 2010, Pages

  Alef, M ^a   Gable, I ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NETWORK SECURITY; VIRTUAL MACHINE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUALIZATION;

BENCHMARK SUITES; COMPUTING FACILITIES; INCOMPATIBLE SYSTEMS; MULTI-CORE CPU ARCHITECTURES; MULTI-CORE SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES; WORKING GROUPS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 77955399315     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/5/052015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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