Optimizing storage performance in public cloud platforms

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science C

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 951-964

  Wang, Jian Zong ^a,b   Varman, Peter ^c   Xie, Chang Sheng ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud storage; Middleware; Performance fluctuation; Service level agreement

Indexed keywords

AMAZON WEB SERVICES; COMPUTING MODEL; DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES; DATA SHARING; DATA VIRTUALIZATION; DATA-INTENSIVE APPLICATION; HIGH RELIABILITY; I/O PERFORMANCE; LOW COSTS; MICROSOFT; PERFORMANCE FLUCTUATION; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS; STORAGE PERFORMANCE; STORAGE PLATFORMS; STORAGE RESOURCES; STORAGE SERVICES; VIRTUAL MACHINES;

CLOUDS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; MIDDLEWARE; WEB SERVICES;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 84863056167     PISSN: 18691951     EISSN: 1869196X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.C1100097     Document Type: Article

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