Existing research has been concentrated on improving the reliability of a distributed computing system through optimizing tasks allocation, providing software redundancy and providing hardware ...

Data-parallel computing frameworks (DCF) such as MapReduce, Spark, and Dryad etc. Have tremendous applications in big data and cloud computing, and throw tons of flows into data center networks. In ...

But the benefits extend beyond performance and flexibility. With data centers consuming an estimated 4% of electricity ...