Automated and agile server parameter tuning with learning and control

Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 26th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 656-667

  Guo, Yanfei ^a   Lama, Palden ^a   Zhou, Xiaobo ^a  

^a University of Colorado Colorado Springs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK APPLICATIONS; BLADE SERVERS; BURSTINESS; DATA CENTERS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EFFECTIVE THROUGHPUT; HIGH DYNAMIC; INTERNET APPLICATION; LEARNING-BASED APPROACH; MULTI-TIER APPLICATIONS; MULTI-TIER INTERNETS; MULTI-TIER SERVICE; ONLINE LEARNING; OPTIMAL VALUES; PARAMETER-TUNING; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; SELF-ADAPTIVE; SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FUZZY CONTROL; INTERNET;

REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

EID: 84866840118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2012.66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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