An elasticity model for High Throughput Computing clusters

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 750-757

  Montero, Ruben S ^a   Moreno Vozmediano, Rafael ^a   Llorente, Ignacio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Cluster computing; High Throughput Computing; Virtual machines

Indexed keywords

CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD PROVIDERS; CLUSTER ARCHITECTURE; CLUSTER ENVIRONMENTS; CLUSTER PARTITIONING; DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE; ELASTICITY MODEL; EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS; FIXED BUDGET; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE MODEL; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; VARIABLE CAPACITY; VIRTUAL CLUSTERS; VIRTUAL MACHINES; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; THROUGHPUT;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79955603757     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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