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Abstract Global Memory Management for Workstation Networks (1996)
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Researcher | Feeley, Michael Joseph Levy, Henry M. |
| Abstract | Advances in network and processor technology have greatly changed the communication and computational power of local-area workstation networks. However, operating systems still treat workstation networks as a collection of loosely-connected processors, where each workstation acts as an autonomous and independent agent. This operating system structure makes it difficult to exploit the characteristics of current networks, such as low-latency communication, huge primary memories, and high-speed processors, in order to improve the performance of network applications. This dissertation describes the design and implementation of global memory management in a workstation network. Our objective is to use a single, unified, but distributed memory management algorithm at the lowest level of the operating system. By managing memory globally at this level, all system- and higher-level software, including VM, file systems, transaction systems, and user applications, can benefit from available network memory. We have implemented this algorithm in the Digital Unix operating system running on an ATM-connected network of Alpha workstations. System measurements show that, on a suite of memory-intensive programs, our system improves performance by a factor of |
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| Publisher Date | 1996-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Workstation Network Abstract Global Memory Management Available Network Memory Higher-level Software Alpha Workstation Memory-intensive Program Digital Unix Transaction System Current Network Independent Agent Processor Technology File System Global Memory Management Network Application Huge Primary Memory System Measurement Atm-connected Network Loosely-connected Processor High-speed Processor Memory Management Algorithm Low-latency Communication Local-area Workstation Network Operating System Computational Power Operating System Structure User Application |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Thesis |
