Clouds have become attractive to applications, because of its low cost and on-demand
computing model with the use of virtualization technologies. With the continual increasing …

Virtual machine monitors (VMMs) play a central role in cloud computing. Their reliability and
availability are critical for cloud computing. Virtualization and device emulation make the …

In this paper we argue that partitioning is required for attaining the best performance of
scientific applications when running on virtual machines. Current memory management and …

Virtual machines are becoming commonplace as a stable and flexible platform to run many
workloads. As developers continue to move more workloads into virtual environments, they …

As one of pivotal components, the efficiency of virtual machine monitor (VMM) will largely
impact the performance of a virtualization system. Therefore, evaluating the performance of …

Virtualization is a key enabler technology for cloud computing. It allows applications to share
computing, memory, storage, and network resources. However, physical resources are not …

Workload execution in virtualized machines is rapidly becoming commonplace while
support for self-virtualization is already available in mass market processors. From a …

This article addresses a problem of performance monitoring inside virtual machines (VMs). It
advocates focused monitoring of particular virtualized programs, explains the need for and …

Performance is a central requirement to the wide-spread adoption of virtualization. To
deliver on the promise of simplifying IT via virtualization, the virtualization platform must …

Desktop cloud replaces traditional desktop computers with completely virtualized systems
from the cloud. It is becoming one of the fastest growing segments in the cloud computing …