Optimizing the datacenter for data-centric workloads

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 182-191

  Polfliet, Stijn ^a   Ryckbosch, Frederick ^a   Eeckhout, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

data centric workloads; datacenter; heterogeneity; workload characterization

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DOMAINS; ARCHITECTURAL SIMULATION; AUDIO AND VIDEO; COST SAVING; COST-EFFICIENCY; COST-EFFICIENT; COST-SENSITIVE; DATA CENTERS; DATA CENTRIC; DATA EXPLOSION; DATACENTER; DESIGN DECISIONS; HETEROGENEITY; HIGH-END SERVERS; RICH MEDIAS; RUNTIMES; SINGLE COMPONENTS; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION;

COSTS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION;

DATA WAREHOUSES;

EID: 79959625110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1995896.1995926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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