Data Center Resilience Evaluation Test-bed: Design and Implementation

Author

Khalil, Yehia ; Elmaghraby, Adel S.

Author_Institution

CECS Dept., Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY

fYear

2008

fDate

16-19 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

369

Lastpage

374

Abstract

Operational continuity of data centers faces challenges by experienced cyber attackers and occasional natural disasters. Assessment of a data center´s resilience for complex and realistic scenarios is very important for various reasons such as: system specification, design and enhancement. Yet data center resilience evaluation is a demanding process because of the complexity of its systems and the multidimensional aspects required for a resilient system. This paper illustrates data center resilience evaluation test-bed and its monitoring system. This test-bed can provide a realistic testing environment and capable to implement multiple operating and attacking scenarios.

Keywords

computer centres; program testing; security of data; system monitoring; cyber attack; data center operational continuity; data center resilience evaluation test-bed; data center resilience monitoring system; natural disaster; system design; system enhancement; system specification; Communication networks; Computational modeling; Data visualization; Databases; Memory; Network servers; Resilience; Software testing; System testing; Telecommunication traffic; Resilience; data center; system evaluation; system management; test-bed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Information Technology, 2008. ISSPIT 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Sarajevo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3554-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3555-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSPIT.2008.4775667

Filename

4775667