Large-scale Distributed Systems and Energy Efficiency

<p><b>Addresses innovations in technology relating to the energy efficiency of a wide variety of contemporary computer systems and networks</b></p> <p>With concerns about global energy consumption at an all-time high, improving computer networks energy efficiency is becoming an increasingly important topic. <i>Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Energy Efficiency: A Holistic View</i> 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.</p> <ul> <li> <div align=”left”>Discusses measurement and modeling of the energy consumption method</div> </li> <li> <div align=”left”>Includes methods for energy consumption reduction in diverse computing environments</div> </li> <li> <div align=”left”>Features a variety of case studies and examples of energy reduction and assessment</div> </li> </ul> <p>Timely and important, <i>Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Energy Efficiency </i>is an invaluable resource for ways of increasing the energy efficiency of computing systems and networks while simultaneously reducing the carbon footprint.</p>