Towards predictable datacenter networks

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 242-253

  Ballani, Hitesh ^a   Costa, Paolo ^a,b   Karagiannis, Thomas ^a   Rowstron, Ant ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Bandwidth; Datacenter; Virtual network

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE;

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS; DATA CENTER NETWORKS; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES; PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY; PRICING MODELS; VIRTUAL NETWORKS;

COSTS;

EID: 85075490814     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 19435819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2043164.2018465     Document Type: Article

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