Management of server farms for performance and profit

Computer Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1038-1044

  Mitrani, Isi ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

admission policies; cloud computing; quality of service; revenue maximization; server allocation; Service provisioning

Indexed keywords

ADMISSION DECISION; ADMISSION POLICIES; CLOUD COMPUTING; DYNAMIC POLICY; REVENUE MAXIMIZATION; SERVER FARMS; SERVICE PROVIDER; SERVICE PROVISIONING;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SERVERS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 77955700177     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxp079     Document Type: Article

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