The Fog computing paradigm utilises distributed, heterogeneous and resource-constrained
devices at the edge of the network for efficient deployment of latency-critical and bandwidth …

Loosely-coupled and light-weight microservices running in containers are replacing
monolithic applications gradually. Understanding the characteristics of microservices is …

In many public and private Cloud systems, users need to specify a limit for the amount of
resources (CPU cores and RAM) to provision for their workloads. A job that exceeds its limits …

The amount of CO emitted per kilowatt-hour on an electricity grid varies by time of day and
substantially varies by location due to the types of generation. Networked collections of …

Memory is the most contended and least elastic resource in datacenter servers today.
Applications can use only local memory—which may be scarce—even though memory …

We describe the design and implementation of Protean--the Microsoft Azure service
responsible for allocating Virtual Machines (VMs) to millions of servers around the globe. A …

Technology companies reduce their datacenters' carbon footprint by investing in renewable
energy generation and receiving credits from power purchase agreements. Annually …

Modern GPU datacenters are critical for delivering Deep Learning (DL) models and services
in both the research community and industry. When operating a datacenter, optimization of …

Disaggregated memory can address resource provisioning inefficiencies in current
datacenters. Multiple software runtimes for disaggregated memory have been proposed in …

Public edge platforms have drawn increasing attention from both academia and industry. In
this study, we perform a first-of-its-kind measurement study on a leading public edge …