Nitro: A capacity-optimized SSD cache for primary storage

Proceedings of the 2014 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, USENIX ATC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 501-512

  Li, Cheng ^a   Shilane, Philip ^b   Douglis, Fred ^b   Shim, Hyong ^b   Smaldone, Stephen ^b   Wallace, Grant ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b GNSS Technology for Rail Transportation

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HARD DISK STORAGE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

CACHE ARCHITECTURE; CACHE DESIGN; EFFECTIVE CAPACITY; HARD DISK DRIVE; HIGH-LOW; LOW-COSTS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE COSTS; PRIMARY STORAGES; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 85077459235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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