This repository describes various traces from parts of the Google cluster management software and systems.

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These are traces of workloads running on Google compute cells that are managed by the cluster management software internally known as Borg.

• version 3 (aka ClusterData2019) provides data from eight Borg cells over the month of May 2019.
• version 2 (aka ClusterData2011) provides data from a single 12.5k-machine Borg cell from May 2011.
• version 1 is an older, short trace that describes a 7 hour period from one cell from 2009. Deprecated. We strongly recommend using the version 2 or version 3 traces instead.

In addition, this site hosts a set of execution traces from ETA (Exploratory Testing Architecture) - a testing framework that explores interactions between distributed, concurrently-executing components, with an eye towards improving testing them.

The data and trace documentation are made available under the CC-BY license. By downloading it or using them, you agree to the terms of this license.