Performing large science experiments on Azure: Pitfalls and solutions

Proceedings - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, CloudCom 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 209-217

  Lu, Wei ^a   Jackson, Jared ^a   Ekanayake, Jaliya ^a   Barga, Roger S ^a   Araujo, Nelson ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Parameter sweep; Windows Azure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; COMPUTE RESOURCES; EXTREME SCALE; LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH; PARAMETER SWEEP; PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE; SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79952426697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CloudCom.2010.104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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