Server farms with setup costs

Performance Evaluation

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1123-1138

  Gandhi, Anshul ^a   Harchol Balter, Mor ^a   Adan, Ivo ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data centers; M M k; Power management; Setup times; Staggered boot up

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTERS; M/M/K; POWER MANAGEMENT; SET-UP TIME; STAGGERED BOOT UP;

COSTS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FARMS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SERVERS;

EID: 77957705074     PISSN: 01665316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peva.2010.07.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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