ReRack: Power simulation for data centers with renewable energy generation

Performance Evaluation Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 77-81

  Brown, Michael ^a   Renau, Jose ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; NATURAL RESOURCES; OPERATING COSTS;

DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES; LOCATION DEPENDENTS; NON-TRIVIAL TASKS; POWER GENERATION SOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SERVICE AGREEMENTS; SIMULATION COMPONENTS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84964777722     PISSN: 01635999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2160803.2160865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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