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core simulation engine. New components can be added to its repository if necessary. Furthermore,
iCanCloud also allows an easy substitution of components for a particular component. Those inter-
changeable components can differ in the level of detail (to make performance versus accuracy
trade-offs), in the functional behavior of the component, or both.
11.4.2.5 MDCSim
Developed in 2009, MDCSim is a comprehensive, exible, and scalable simulation platform for in-
depth analysis of multitier data centers [40]. It is equipped with specic hardware characteristics of
data center components ...