A pass-through server such as an NFS server backed by an iSCSI[1] storage server only passes data between the storage server and NFS clients. Ideally it should require at most one...
Hash tables provide efficient table implementations, achieving O(1), query, insert and delete operations at low loads. However, at moderate or high loads collisions are quite freq...
Internet overlay services must adapt to the substrate network topology and link properties to achieve high performance. A common overlay structure management layer is desirable fo...
The definition of a commodity component is quite obvious when it comes to the PC as a basic compute engine and building block for clusters of PCs. Looking at the options for a mo...
To enable smart environments and self-tuning data centers, we are developing the Aspen system for integrating physical sensor data, as well as stream data coming from machine logi...
Svilen R. Mihaylov, Marie Jacob, Zachary G. Ives, ...