Comparison of a cost-effective virtual cloud cluster with an existing campus cluster

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-78

  McGough, A Stephen ^a   Forshaw, Matthew ^b   Gerrard, Clive ^b   Wheater, Stuart ^c   Allen, Ben ^b   Robinson, Paul ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARJUNA TECHNOLOGIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d RED HAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud; Economic; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

SIMULATION; VIRTUAL CLOUD;

CLOUDS;

EID: 84908371912     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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