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Reliable Cloud Storage. Prof. Kenneth Shum. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/12/10/google-scraps-plan-to-build-hong-kong-data-center /.
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Reliable Cloud Storage Prof. Kenneth Shum
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/12/10/google-scraps-plan-to-build-hong-kong-data-center/http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/12/10/google-scraps-plan-to-build-hong-kong-data-center/
…More consumers are using smartphones and tablet computers to access online videos and other content requiring higher data bandwidth. Companies typically decide to build their own data centers for better security. As a result of the move to abandon the Hong Kong data center, Google will have two data centers in Asia – one in Taiwan’s Changhua county and the other in Singapore … http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/12/10/google-scraps-plan-to-build-hong-kong-data-center/
Data Centre @ Singapore (Photo from Google)
Example: Hot and Cold Data • Hot data • Frequently accessed data • Low data rate • Low decoding complexity • Cold data • Seldom accessed data • High data rate • High decoding complexity http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/power/infrastructure/storage/Hot,-Warm-and-Cold-Data-Find-a-Home-With-Storage-G/
AIM • Study efficient and reliable methods for storage applications.