A rising tide lifts all boats: How memory error prediction and prevention can help with virtualized system longevity

Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Hot Topics in System Dependability, HotDep 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Du, Yuyang ^a   Yu, Hongliang ^a   Jiang, Yunhong ^b   Dong, Yaozu ^b   Zheng, Weimin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LARGE POPULATION; LIVE MIGRATIONS; PREVENTION MODELS; PRODUCTION SITES; SELF HEALING MECHANISM; SYSTEM UTILIZATION; SYSTEM VIRTUALIZATION; VIRTUALIZED SYSTEMS;

ERRORS;

EID: 84912068228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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