Flash memories are considered a competitive alternative to rotating disks as non-volatile data storage for database management systems. However, even if the Flash Translation Layer...
The Logical Disk (LD) defines a new interface to disk storage that separates file management and disk management by using logical block numbers and block lists. The LD interface...
Wiebren de Jonge, M. Frans Kaashoek, Wilson C. Hsi...
We describe an eficient server-based algorithm for garbage collecting object-oriented databases in a client/server environment. The algorithm is incremental and runs concurrently ...
Laurent Amsaleg, Michael J. Franklin, Olivier Grub...
In this paper we present a prototype system for the management of earth science data which is novel in that it takes a DBMS centric view of the the task. Our prototype -- called &...
Numerous systems have been designed which use virtualization to subdivide the ample resources of a modern computer. Some require specialized hardware, or cannot support commodity ...
Paul Barham, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, Steven H...