We consider the use of a cluster of PC servers for Application Service Providers where applications and databases must remain autonomous. We use data replication to improve data av...
A key challenge facing wireless networking is to utilize the spectrum as e ciently as possible given current channel conditions and in the most e ective way for each application. ...
Abstract. The successful deploymentof next-generation distributedsystems is signi cantly dependent on the e cient management support that improves the performance and reliability o...
This paper evaluates the performance of three popular versions of the UNIX operating system on the x86 architecture: Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. We evaluate the systems using fre...
: Over the last few years, several nations around the world have set up Grids to share resources such as computers, data, and instruments to enable collaborative science, engineeri...