Workflow-centric tracing captures the workflow of causally-related events (eg, work done to
process a request) within and among the components of a distributed system. As distributed …

Data-intensive systems encompass terabytes to petabytes of data. Such systems require
massive storage and intensive computational power in order to execute complex queries …

Cloud computing offers users the potential to reduce operating and capital expenses by
leveraging the amortization benefits offered by large, managed infrastructures. However, the …

Outsourced computation services should ideally only charge customers for the resources
used by their applications. Unfortunately, no verifiable basis for service providers and …

Scheduling multiple jobs onto a platform enhances system utilization by sharing resources.
The benefits from higher resource utilization include reduced cost to construct, operate, and …

End-to-end tracing captures the work ow of causally-related activity (eg, work done to
process a request) within and among the components of a distributed system. As distributed …

Performance isolation is critical in shared storage systems, a popular storage solution. In a
shared storage system, interference between requests from different users can affect the …

Infrastructure-as-a-Service has revolutionized the manner in which users commission
computing infrastructure. Coupled with Big Data platforms (Hadoop, Cassandra), IaaS has …

Billing in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a complex task that is often compromised due
to lack of various interactions (Consumer, Provider, Budget Manager, Agent and Online …

In the context of cloud computing, no other aspect looms larger over all others than billing in
Infrastructure-as-a-Service or IaaS as it is also known. This paper proposes a checklist …