In distributed cloud computing environments, replication of data is a crucial technique for
achieving high availability and reliability. However, optimizing replication of data poses …

Cloud computing has various challenges, one of them is using copied data. Data replication
is an important technique for distributed mass data management. The aim of the general …

Cloud computing is a technological paradigm that facilitates a universal platform for hosting
and accessing services and data by means of a large number of shared resources by an …

Heterogeneous distributed computing environments are emerging for developing data-
intensive (big data) applications that require to access huge data files. Therefore, effective …

Nowadays, in various scientific domains, large data sets are becoming an important part of
shared resources. Such huge mass of data is usually stored in cloud data centers …

Applications produce huge volumes of data that are distributed on remote and
heterogeneous sites. This generates problems related to access and sharing data. As a …

Failures are normal rather than exceptional in the cloud computing environments. To
improve system availability, replicating the popular data to multiple suitable locations is an …

In recent years, cloud storage systems have emerged as a promising technology for storing
data blocks on various cloud servers. One of the main mechanisms in cloud storage systems …

Data replications effectively replicate the same data to various multiple locations to
accomplish the objective of zero loss of information in case of failures without any …

Cloud computing is becoming a very popular word in industry and is receiving a large
amount of attention from the research community. Replica management is one of the most …