{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4309698607","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572779","title":"An In-depth Comparative Analysis of Cloud Block Storage Workloads: Findings and Implications","display_name":"An In-depth Comparative Analysis of Cloud Block Storage Workloads: Findings and Implications","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-11-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4309698607","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572779"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3572779","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572779","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S158124317","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Storage","issn_l":"1553-3077","issn":["1553-3077","1553-3093"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Storage","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/A5100754914","display_name":"Jinhong Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-9449"},"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":"Jinhong Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-9449","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100652134","display_name":"Qiuping Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5361-678X"},"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":"Qiuping Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5361-678X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","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":["The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4501-4364","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177725633"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100667018","display_name":"Chao Shi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0057-6678"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45928872","display_name":"Alibaba Group (China)","ror":"https://ror.org/00k642b80","country_code":"CN","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45928872"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chao Shi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0057-6678","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45928872"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.7076,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":30,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93424898,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":97,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"19","issue":"2","first_page":"1","last_page":"32"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11181","display_name":"Advanced Data Storage Technologies","score":0.9998999834060669,"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":0.9998999834060669,"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":0.9991999864578247,"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":0.9986000061035156,"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/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8188924193382263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.8002313375473022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/block","display_name":"Block (permutation group theory)","score":0.723527193069458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-storage","display_name":"Cloud storage","score":0.5726044178009033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cache","display_name":"Cache","score":0.5464474558830261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-data-storage","display_name":"Computer data storage","score":0.48507919907569885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/block-size","display_name":"Block size","score":0.4631554186344147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.43827730417251587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database","display_name":"Database","score":0.4277505874633789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/load-balancing","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","score":0.42716124653816223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.37861770391464233}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8188924193382263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.8002313375473022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777210771","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4927124","display_name":"Block (permutation group theory)","level":2,"score":0.723527193069458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777059624","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q914359","display_name":"Cloud storage","level":3,"score":0.5726044178009033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115537543","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165596","display_name":"Cache","level":2,"score":0.5464474558830261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194739806","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66221","display_name":"Computer data storage","level":2,"score":0.48507919907569885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41431624","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1053357","display_name":"Block size","level":3,"score":0.4631554186344147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.43827730417251587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.4277505874633789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138959212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1806783","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","level":3,"score":0.42716124653816223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.37861770391464233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"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/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187691185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020720","display_name":"Grid","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3572779","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3572779","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S158124317","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Storage","issn_l":"1553-3077","issn":["1553-3077","1553-3093"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Storage","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.46000000834465027}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1929673217","https://openalex.org/W1931046221","https://openalex.org/W2034822440","https://openalex.org/W2108183412","https://openalex.org/W2121887742","https://openalex.org/W2163750144","https://openalex.org/W2201220957","https://openalex.org/W2379930943","https://openalex.org/W2614464719","https://openalex.org/W2751343396","https://openalex.org/W2887303627","https://openalex.org/W2945283640","https://openalex.org/W2984903257","https://openalex.org/W3009254104","https://openalex.org/W3119951918","https://openalex.org/W4292402161"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2348283597","https://openalex.org/W3216288082","https://openalex.org/W3022042262","https://openalex.org/W2369572752","https://openalex.org/W4231450971","https://openalex.org/W1999590660","https://openalex.org/W2921774642","https://openalex.org/W3162884427","https://openalex.org/W2946119021","https://openalex.org/W2369516071"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Cloud":[0,58,61],"block":[1,39,81,157],"storage":[2,40,82,152,158],"systems":[3],"support":[4],"diverse":[5],"types":[6],"of":[7,36,47,49,68,107,111,143],"applications":[8],"in":[9,155],"modern":[10],"cloud":[11,38,80,156],"services.":[12],"Characterizing":[13],"their":[14,66],"input/output":[15],"(I/O)":[16],"activities":[17],"is":[18],"critical":[19],"for":[20],"guiding":[21],"better":[22],"system":[23],"designs":[24],"and":[25,59,73,100,105,124,136,151],"optimizations.":[26],"In":[27],"this":[28,114],"article,":[29],"we":[30,101,116],"present":[31],"an":[32],"in-depth":[33],"comparative":[34],"analysis":[35,123,130],"production":[37,55],"workloads":[41,83,90],"through":[42,120,127],"the":[43,79,85,92,103,108,121,128,141],"block-level":[44,88],"I/O":[45,50,89],"traces":[46],"billions":[48],"requests":[51],"collected":[52],"from":[53,91],"two":[54],"systems,":[56],"Alibaba":[57],"Tencent":[60],"Block":[62],"Storage.":[63],"We":[64,76,139],"study":[65],"characteristics":[67],"load":[69,132,147],"intensities,":[70],"spatial":[71,134],"patterns,":[72,135],"temporal":[74,137],"patterns.":[75,138],"also":[77],"compare":[78],"with":[84],"notable":[86],"public":[87],"enterprise":[93],"data":[94],"centers":[95],"at":[96],"Microsoft":[97],"Research":[98],"Cambridge,":[99],"identify":[102],"commonalities":[104],"differences":[106],"three":[109],"sources":[110],"traces.":[112],"To":[113],"end,":[115],"provide":[117],"6":[118],"findings":[119,126,145],"high-level":[122],"16":[125],"detailed":[129],"on":[131,146],"intensity,":[133],"discuss":[140],"implications":[142],"our":[144],"balancing,":[148],"cache":[149],"efficiency,":[150],"cluster":[153],"management":[154],"systems.":[159]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}