Clusters of workstations have emerged as an important platform for building cost-effective, scalable, and highlyavailable computers. Although many hardware solutions are available...
Eitan Frachtenberg, Fabrizio Petrini, Juan Fern&aa...
This paper reports our experiences building PlanetLab over the last four years. It identifies the requirements that shaped PlanetLab, explains the design decisions that resulted fr...
Larry L. Peterson, Andy C. Bavier, Marc E. Fiuczyn...
A database system contains base data items which record and model a physical, real world environment. For better decision support, base data items are summarized and correlated to...
Named constants are used heavily in operating systems code, both as internal flags and in interactions with devices. Decision making within an operating system thus critically de...
Contextual development differs from traditional user interface development in several ways: It focuses on the context of usage and the user population rather than on the technical...