Virtual batching: Request batching for server energy conservation in virtualized data centers

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1695-1705

  Wang, Yefu ^a   Wang, Xiaorui ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

control theory; data centers; Energy management; request batching; servers; virtual machines

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; DATA CENTERS; PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES; POWER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; REQUEST BATCHING; SERVER CONSOLIDATION; VIRTUAL MACHINES; VIRTUALIZED DATA CENTERS;

CONTROL THEORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SERVERS; SLEEP RESEARCH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84880060713     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2012.237     Document Type: Article

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