High-end enterprise storage has traditionally consisted of monolithic systems with customized hardware, multiple redundant components and paths, and no single point of failure. Di...
of the kernel abstractions and system servers and describe in detail the read() and write() paths of these two systems. We then break down their read() and write() performance and ...
In this paper, we consider the evolution of hypermedia system architectures from the monolithic systems of the 1980’s to the middleware-oriented component-based open systems of ...
It is becoming increasingly clear that we are entering a new era in systems software. As the age-old tension between structure and performance acquiesces, we can finally venture b...