Title :
Server Designs for Warehouse-Computing Environments
Author :
Lim, Kevin ; Ranganathan, Parthasarathy ; Chang, Jichuan ; Patel, Chandrakant ; Mudge, Trevor ; Reinhardt, Steven K.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
The enormous scale of warehouse-computing environments leads to unique requirements in which cost and power figure prominently. Models and metrics quantifying these requirements, along with a benchmark suite to capture workload behavior, help identify bottlenecks and evaluate solutions. A holistic approach leads to a new system architecture incorporating volume non-server-class components in novel packaging solutions, with memory sharing and flash-based disk caching.
Keywords :
cache storage; data warehouses; disc storage; file servers; flash-based disk cache; memory sharing; server design; warehouse-computing environment; Application software; Computer architecture; Costs; Internet; Large-scale systems; Market research; Packaging; Postal services; Power system modeling; Web server; Internet-sector; system architecture; warehouse-computing; workloads;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
