Server operating systems

We introduce server operating systems, which are sets of abstractions and runtime support for specialized, highperformance server applications. We have designed and are implementing a prototype server OS with support for aggressive specialization, direct device-to-device access, an event-driven organization, and dynamic compiler-assisted ILP. Using this server OS, we have constructed an HTTP server that outperforms servers running on a conventional OS by more than an order of magnitude and that can safely timeshare the hardware platform with other applications.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1996
• Where: SIGOPSE
• Authors: M. Frans Kaashoek, Dawson R. Engler, Gregory R. Ganger, Deborah A. Wallach
• Keywords: Operating System, Prototype Server Os, Server Operating Systems, Server Os, SIGOPSE 1996