Traditional approaches for storage devices simulation have been based on detailed and
analytic models. However, analytic models are difficult to obtain and detailed models require …

The effectiveness of automatic storage management depends on the accuracy of the storage
performance models that are used for making resource allocation decisions. Several …

One of the most common techniques to evaluate the performance of a computer I/O
subsystem performance has been found on detailed simulation models including specific …

In this paper we advocate the use of simple stochastic models to analyse the energy-
performance trade-off in data centres. Recently such trade-offs have received increased …

One of the major challenges in cloud computing and data centers is the energy conservation
and emission reduction. Accurate prediction algorithms are essential for building energy …

Internet scale applications such as search engines and social networks run their services on
large-scale data centres consisting of tens of thousands of servers. These systems have to …

Flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) will become key components in future storage
systems. An accurate performance model will not only help understand the state-of-the-art of …

Flash-based Solid-State Drives (SSDs) have become a promising alternative to magnetic
Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) thanks to the large improvements in performance, power …

This article presents an extension of the IaaS Cloud simulator CloudSim. This extension
takes into account the processing of i/o workload generated by virtual machines within a …

One of the significant limitations in the evaluation of hybrid clouds is the difficulty in
validating new solutions by their deployment in real systems since replication of tests on …