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Saving cash by using less cache

  • Timothy Zhu
  • , Anshul Gandhi
  • , Mor Harchol-Balter
  • , Michael A. Kozuch
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Intel

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Abstract

Everyone loves a large caching tier in their multitier cloud-based web service because it both alleviates database load and provides lower request latencies. Even when load drops severely, administrators are reluctant to scale down their caching tier. This paper makes the case that (i) scaling down the caching tier is viable with respect to performance, and (ii) the savings are potentially huge; e.g., a 4x drop in load can result in 90% savings in the caching tier size.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2012
Event4th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing, HotCloud 2012 - Boston, United States
Duration: Jun 12 2012Jun 13 2012

Conference

Conference4th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing, HotCloud 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period06/12/1206/13/12

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