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IPPS
1997
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Enhancing Software DSM for Compiler-Parallelized Applications
Current parallelizing compilers for message-passing machines only support a limited class of data-parallel applications. One method for eliminating this restriction is to combine ...
Peter J. Keleher, Chau-Wen Tseng
CIDR
2009
152views Algorithms» more  CIDR 2009»
13 years 10 months ago
Visualizing the robustness of query execution
In database query processing, actual run-time conditions (e.g., actual selectivities and actual available memory) very often differ from compile-time expectations of run-time cond...
Goetz Graefe, Harumi A. Kuno, Janet L. Wiener
DASFAA
2011
IEEE
250views Database» more  DASFAA 2011»
13 years 16 days ago
An FTL-Agnostic Layer to Improve Random Write on Flash Memory
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...
Brice Chardin, Olivier Pasteur, Jean-Marc Petit
SIGMETRICS
2011
ACM
198views Hardware» more  SIGMETRICS 2011»
12 years 11 months ago
Greening geographical load balancing
Energy expenditure has become a significant fraction of data center operating costs. Recently, “geographical load balancing” has been suggested to reduce energy cost by explo...
Zhenhua Liu, Minghong Lin, Adam Wierman, Steven H....
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
161views Database» more  SIGMOD 2009»
14 years 9 months ago
Automated SQL tuning through trial and (sometimes) error
SQL tuning--the attempt to improve a poorly-performing execution plan produced by the database query optimizer-is a critical aspect of database performance tuning. Ironically, as ...
Herodotos Herodotou, Shivnath Babu