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Multisite cloud

A multisite cloud is a cloud composed of several single sites, each from the same or different providers and explicitly accessible to cloud users. In the multisite cloud environment, the tasks of a program or a workflow should be scheduled in order to achieve efficient processing.

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A multisite cloud1 is a cloud composed of several single sites (or data centers), each from the same or different providers and explicitly accessible to cloud users. In the multisite cloud environment, the tasks of a program or a workflow should be scheduled in order to achieve efficient processing.

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  1. Liu, Ji; Pacitti, Esther; Valduriez, Patrick; Mattoso, Marta (2015). "A Survey of Data-Intensive Scientific Workflow Management". Journal of Grid Computing. 13 (4): 457–493. doi:10.1007/s10723-015-9329-8.