Addresses innovations in technology relating to the energy efficiency of a wide variety of contemporary computer systems and networks
With concerns about global energy consumption at an all-time high, improving computer networks energy efficiency is becoming an increasingly important topic. Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Energy Efficiency: A Holistic View addresses innovations in technology relating to the energy efficiency of a wide variety of contemporary computer systems and networks. After an introductory overview of the energy demands of current Information and Communications Technology (ICT), individual chapters offer in-depth analyses of such topics as cloud computing, green networking (both wired and wireless), mobile computing, power modeling, the rise of green data centers and high-performance computing, resource allocation, and energy efficiency in peer-to-peer (P2P) computing networks.
Timely and important, Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Energy Efficiency is an invaluable resource for ways of increasing the energy efficiency of computing systems and networks while simultaneously reducing the carbon footprint.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Energy Efficiency in Large-Scale Distributed Systems
Chapter 2 Hardware Leverages for Energy Reduction in Large-Scale Distributed Systems
Chapter 3 Green Wired Networks
Chapter 4 Green Wireless-Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks
Chapter 5 Power modeling
Chapter 6 Green Data Centers
Chapter 7 Energy Efficiency and High-Performance Computing
Chapter 8 Scheduling and Resource Allocation
Chapter 9 Energy Efficiency in P2P Systems and Applications
Chapter 10 Toward Sustainability for Large-Scale Computing Systems: Environmental, Economic, and Standardization Aspects
