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EDBT
2008
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
Load distribution of analytical query workloads for database cluster architectures
Enterprises may have multiple database systems spread across the organization for redundancy or for serving different applications. In such systems, query workloads can be distrib...
Thomas Phan, Wen-Syan Li
AFP
2004
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
A Functional Shell That Operates on Typed and Compiled Applications
Abstract. Esther is the interactive shell of Famke, a prototype implementation of a strongly typed operating system written in the functional programming language Clean. As usual, ...
Rinus Plasmeijer, Arjen van Weelden
COMPUTER
1998
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13 years 8 months ago
Making Network Interfaces Less Peripheral
Much of a computer’s value depends on how well it interacts with networks. To enhance this value, designers must improve the performance of networks delivered to users. Fortunat...
Shubhendu S. Mukherjee, Mark D. Hill
GIS
1998
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Mean-Variance Analysis of the Performance of Spatial Ordering Methods
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) involve the manipulation of large spatial data sets, and the performance of these systems is often determined by how these data sets are orga...
Akhil Kumar, Waleed A. Muhanna, Raymond A. Patters...
USENIX
1990
13 years 10 months ago
Why Aren't Operating Systems Getting Faster As Fast as Hardware?
This paper evaluates several hardware platforms and operating systems using a set of benchmarks that stress kernel entry/exit, file systems, and other things related to operating ...
John K. Ousterhout