An overview of energy efficiency techniques in cluster computing systems

Cluster Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-15

  Valentini, Giorgio Luigi ^a,k   Lassonde, Walter ^a   Khan, Samee Ullah ^a   Min Allah, Nasro ^b   Madani, Sajjad A ^b   Li, Juan ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a   Wang, Lizhe ^c   Ghani, Nasir ^d   Kolodziej, Joanna ^e   Li, Hongxiang ^f   Zomaya, Albert Y ^g   Xu, Cheng Zhong ^h   Balaji, Pavan ⁱ   Vishnu, Abhinav ^j   Pinel, Fredric ^k   Pecero, Johnatan E ^k   Kliazovich, Dzmitry ^k   Bouvry, Pascal ^k  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIELSKO BIALA   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

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Author keywords

Cluster computing; Energy efficiency; Power management; Survey

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREEN COMPUTING; POWER MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

CLUSTER COMPUTING SYSTEM; CLUSTER SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC POWER MANAGEMENT; POSSIBLE FUTURES; POWER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84874808483     PISSN: 13867857     EISSN: 15737543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10586-011-0171-x     Document Type: Article

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