{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2952971287","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2019.2921551","title":"SimEDC: A Simulator for the Reliability Analysis of Erasure-Coded Data Centers","display_name":"SimEDC: A Simulator for the Reliability Analysis of Erasure-Coded Data Centers","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-06-07","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2952971287","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2019.2921551","mag":"2952971287"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tpds.2019.2921551","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2019.2921551","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S97130795","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems","issn_l":"1045-9219","issn":["1045-9219","1558-2183","2161-9883"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102027479","display_name":"Zhang Mi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3815-1205"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177725633","display_name":"Chinese University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/00t33hh48","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mi Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064254673","display_name":"Shujie Han","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-5782"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177725633","display_name":"Chinese University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/00t33hh48","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shujie Han","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-5782","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012129385","display_name":"Patrick P. C. Lee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4501-4364"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177725633","display_name":"Chinese University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/00t33hh48","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Patrick P. C. Lee","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4501-4364","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5994,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":15,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.84899672,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"30","issue":"12","first_page":"2836","last_page":"2848"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11181","display_name":"Advanced Data Storage Technologies","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11181","display_name":"Advanced Data Storage Technologies","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.9922000169754028,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11478","display_name":"Caching and Content Delivery","score":0.9918000102043152,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/erasure-code","display_name":"Erasure code","score":0.8790826797485352},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.828833818435669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/erasure","display_name":"Erasure","score":0.801296591758728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/redundancy","display_name":"Redundancy (engineering)","score":0.6949419379234314},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-center","display_name":"Data center","score":0.6177923679351807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coding","display_name":"Coding (social sciences)","score":0.504048764705658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reliability","display_name":"Reliability (semiconductor)","score":0.4844203293323517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fault-tolerance","display_name":"Fault tolerance","score":0.46349120140075684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-redundancy","display_name":"Data redundancy","score":0.44925814867019653},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/discrete-event-simulation","display_name":"Discrete event simulation","score":0.4422036409378052},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.32471975684165955},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/decoding-methods","display_name":"Decoding methods","score":0.21966689825057983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.17938214540481567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulation","display_name":"Simulation","score":0.13908204436302185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/power","display_name":"Power (physics)","score":0.11617136001586914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.09842535853385925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database","display_name":"Database","score":0.08199939131736755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.08108407258987427}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137529215","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5385031","display_name":"Erasure code","level":3,"score":0.8790826797485352},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.828833818435669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778790127","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484885","display_name":"Erasure","level":2,"score":0.801296591758728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152124472","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1204361","display_name":"Redundancy (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.6949419379234314},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153740404","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671224","display_name":"Data center","level":2,"score":0.6177923679351807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179518139","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5140297","display_name":"Coding (social sciences)","level":2,"score":0.504048764705658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43214815","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310987","display_name":"Reliability (semiconductor)","level":3,"score":0.4844203293323517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63540848","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3140932","display_name":"Fault tolerance","level":2,"score":0.46349120140075684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C7545210","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838123","display_name":"Data redundancy","level":2,"score":0.44925814867019653},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147203929","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574814","display_name":"Discrete event simulation","level":2,"score":0.4422036409378052},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.32471975684165955},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C57273362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576722","display_name":"Decoding methods","level":2,"score":0.21966689825057983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.17938214540481567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.13908204436302185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.11617136001586914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.09842535853385925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.08199939131736755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.08108407258987427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tpds.2019.2921551","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2019.2921551","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S97130795","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems","issn_l":"1045-9219","issn":["1045-9219","1558-2183","2161-9883"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":51,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W154253821","https://openalex.org/W202771065","https://openalex.org/W1441763937","https://openalex.org/W1471136644","https://openalex.org/W1510496002","https://openalex.org/W1560994062","https://openalex.org/W1629652666","https://openalex.org/W1836955865","https://openalex.org/W2004958263","https://openalex.org/W2013633519","https://openalex.org/W2052923946","https://openalex.org/W2055670512","https://openalex.org/W2069167364","https://openalex.org/W2069984009","https://openalex.org/W2099602864","https://openalex.org/W2104576989","https://openalex.org/W2105185344","https://openalex.org/W2119738171","https://openalex.org/W2130531694","https://openalex.org/W2138343884","https://openalex.org/W2138744797","https://openalex.org/W2142812297","https://openalex.org/W2148575324","https://openalex.org/W2150620836","https://openalex.org/W2161234420","https://openalex.org/W2183702205","https://openalex.org/W2300247369","https://openalex.org/W2341029337","https://openalex.org/W2515066322","https://openalex.org/W2516510200","https://openalex.org/W2527981952","https://openalex.org/W2528460538","https://openalex.org/W2566739873","https://openalex.org/W2608849736","https://openalex.org/W2740433577","https://openalex.org/W2766920971","https://openalex.org/W2906870415","https://openalex.org/W2964143852","https://openalex.org/W3163634073","https://openalex.org/W4238465620","https://openalex.org/W6606324823","https://openalex.org/W6608140253","https://openalex.org/W6628361010","https://openalex.org/W6628579693","https://openalex.org/W6630529663","https://openalex.org/W6633653801","https://openalex.org/W6636565893","https://openalex.org/W6683682350","https://openalex.org/W6697645564","https://openalex.org/W6741998545","https://openalex.org/W6757462336"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2982181605","https://openalex.org/W2137028263","https://openalex.org/W2130518071","https://openalex.org/W3102119340","https://openalex.org/W2031335939","https://openalex.org/W1947543223","https://openalex.org/W4287065415","https://openalex.org/W1694938350","https://openalex.org/W2744779861","https://openalex.org/W1985967368"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Modern":[0],"data":[1,8,17,33,60,69,78,118],"centers":[2,34],"employ":[3],"erasure":[4,23,81],"coding":[5,24],"to":[6,50],"protect":[7],"storage":[9],"against":[10],"failures.":[11,142],"Given":[12],"the":[13,20,29,73,77,102,138],"hierarchical":[14],"nature":[15],"of":[16,22,31,56,66,76,88,140],"centers,":[18],"characterizing":[19],"effects":[21],"and":[25,85],"redundancy":[26,83],"placement":[27],"on":[28,58,72,112],"reliability":[30,57,64,124],"erasure-coded":[32,59,68,117],"is":[35],"critical":[36],"yet":[37],"unexplored.":[38],"This":[39],"paper":[40],"presents":[41],"a":[42,52],"discrete-event":[43],"simulator":[44],"called":[45],"SimEDC,":[46],"which":[47],"enables":[48],"us":[49],"conduct":[51],"comprehensive":[53],"simulation":[54,103,109],"analysis":[55,104,110],"centers.":[61],"SimEDC":[62,113],"reports":[63],"metrics":[65],"an":[67],"center":[70,79],"based":[71,111],"configurable":[74],"inputs":[75],"topology,":[80],"codes,":[82],"placement,":[84],"failure/repair":[86],"patterns":[87],"different":[89],"subsystems":[90],"obtained":[91],"from":[92],"statistical":[93],"models":[94],"or":[95],"production":[96],"traces.":[97],"It":[98],"can":[99],"further":[100],"accelerate":[101],"via":[105],"importance":[106],"sampling.":[107],"Our":[108],"shows":[114],"that":[115],"placing":[116],"in":[119,137],"fewer":[120],"racks":[121],"generally":[122],"improves":[123],"by":[125],"reducing":[126],"cross-rack":[127],"repair":[128],"traffic,":[129],"even":[130],"though":[131],"it":[132],"sacrifices":[133],"rack-level":[134],"fault":[135],"tolerance":[136],"face":[139],"correlated":[141]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}