Disk drive level workload characterization

USENIX 2006 Annual Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 97-102

  Riska, Alma ^a   Riedel, Erik ^a  

^a SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS PATTERNS; ARRIVAL RATES; DISK DRIVE; SERVICE TIME; WORKLOAD BURSTINESS; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 85077327198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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