Early observations on the performance of Windows Azure

Scientific Programming

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 121-132

  Hill, Zach ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Mao, Ming ^a   Ruiz Alvarez, Arkaitz ^a   Humphrey, Marty ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; eScience; performance; Windows Azure

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

APPLICATION DESIGN; CLOUD PROVIDERS; COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE; E-SCIENCE; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES; POTENTIAL USERS; RUNNING-IN; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; STARTUP TIME; TASK EXECUTIONS;

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

EID: 79960796509     PISSN: 10589244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/SPR-2011-0323     Document Type: Article

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