Network traffic characteristics of data centers in the wild

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 267-280

  Benson, Theophilus ^a   Akella, Aditya ^a   Maltz, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Data center traffic

Indexed keywords

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CHARACTERIZATION; CLOUD DATA CENTERS; CURRENT DATA; DATA CENTER TRAFFIC; DATACENTER; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENTERPRISE DATA; NETWORK LEVEL; NETWORK TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS;

MAPREDUCE;

EID: 78650919030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1879141.1879175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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