CloudVal: A framework for validation of virtualization environment in cloud infrastructure

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 189-196

  Pham, Cuong ^a   Chen, Daniel ^a   Kalbarczyk, Zbigniew ^a   Iyer, Ravishankar K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; fault injection; KVM hypervisor; Xen hypervisor

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURES; ERROR RESILIENCY; FAULT INJECTION; FAULT MODEL; HYPERVISOR; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 80051924493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2011.5958218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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