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SIGOPS
2008
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The case for active block layer extensions
Self-managing storage systems have recently received attention from the research community due to their promised ability of continuously adapting to best reflect high-level system...
Jorge Guerra, Luis Useche, Medha Bhadkamkar, Ricar...
SIGOPS
2008
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Introducing technology into the Linux kernel: a case study
There can be no doubt that a great many technologies have been added to Linux TM over the past ten years. What is less well-known is that it is often necessary to introduce a larg...
Paul E. McKenney, Jonathan Walpole
SIGOPS
2008
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Using model checkers in an introductory course on operating systems
During the last three years, we have been experimenting with the use of the Uppaal model checker in an introductory course on operating systems for first-year Computer Science stu...
Roelof Hamberg, Frits W. Vaandrager
SIGOPS
2008
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O2S2: enhanced object-based virtualized storage
Object based storage devices (OSDs) elevate the level of abstraction presented to clients, thereby permitting them to offer methods for managing, sharing, and securing information...
Himanshu Raj, Karsten Schwan
SIGOPS
2008
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Plan 9 authentication in Linux
In Linux, applications like su and login currently run as root in order to access authentication information and set or alter the identity of the process. In such cases, if the ap...
Ashwin Ganti
SIGOPS
2008
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Comparative evaluation of overlap strategies with study of I/O overlap in MPI-IO
Many scientific applications use parallel I/O to meet the low latency and high bandwidth I/O requirement. Among many available parallel I/O operations, collective I/O is one of th...
Christina M. Patrick, Seung Woo Son, Mahmut T. Kan...
SIGOPS
2008
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Virtual servers and checkpoint/restart in mainstream Linux
Virtual private servers and application checkpoint and restart are two advanced operating system features which place different but related requirements on the way kernel-provided...
Sukadev Bhattiprolu, Eric W. Biederman, Serge E. H...
SIGOPS
2008
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Do commodity SMT processors need more OS research?
The availability of Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) in commodity processors such as the Pentium 4 (P4) has raised interest among OS researchers. While earlier simulation studies...
Yaoping Ruan, Vivek S. Pai, Erich M. Nahum, John M...
SIGOPS
2008
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TVDc: managing security in the trusted virtual datacenter
Virtualization technology is becoming increasingly common in datacenters, since it allows for collocation of multiple workloads, consisting of operating systems, middleware and ap...
Stefan Berger, Ramón Cáceres, Dimitr...