Developing data mining algorithms that are suitable for cloud computing platforms is currently an active area of research, as is developing cloud computing platforms appropriate for data mining. Currently, the most common benchmark for cloud computing is the Terasort (and related) benchmarks. Although the Terasort Benchmark is quite useful, it was not designed for data mining per se. In this paper, we introduce a benchmark called MalStone that is specifically designed to measure the performance of cloud computing middleware that supports the type of data intensive computing common when building data mining models. We also introduce MalGen, which is a utility for generating data on clouds that can be used with MalStone.
One of the motivations for choosing 10 billion 100-byte records is that the TeraSort Benchmark @cite_10 (sometimes called the Terabyte Sort Benchmark) also uses 10 billion 100-byte records.
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A bonding agent for a ceramic decalcomania comprises a balanced combination of a fast acting solvent and a moderating agent. A thickening agent may also be present. The decalcomania may be applied to the article either before or after a glaze is applied. The use of such a bonding agent for adhering a decalcomania to ceramic ware permits glaze firing without the necessity of first removing the organic material in the decalcomania and fusing the pigment to the ceramic article by prior heat treatment.