OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Because writing computer programs is hard, computer programmers are taught to use encapsulation and modularity to hide complexity and reduce the potential for errors. Their progra...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Transactional flash (TxFlash) is a novel solid-state drive (SSD) that uses flash memory and exports a transactional interface (WriteAtomic) to the higher-level software. The copy-...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Abstract ? Large enterprise networks consist of thousands of services and applications. The performance and reliability of any particular application may depend on multiple service...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Xax is a browser plugin model that enables developers to leverage existing tools, libraries, and entire programs to deliver feature-rich applications on the web. Xax employs a nov...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Computers are notoriously insecure, in part because application security policies do not map well onto traditional protection mechanisms such as Unix user accounts or hardware pag...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
The lowly state of the art for file system checking and repair does not match what is needed to keep important data available for users. Current file system checkers, such as e2fs...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Device drivers typically execute in supervisor mode and thus must be fully trusted. This paper describes how to move them out of the trusted computing base, by running them withou...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Concurrency is pervasive in large systems. Unexpected interference among threads often results in "Heisenbugs" that are extremely difficult to reproduce and eliminate. W...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Library-based record and replay tools aim to reproduce an application's execution by recording the results of selected functions in a log and during replay returning the resu...
OSDI
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
Virtual machine monitors (VMMs) are a popular platform for Internet hosting centers and cloud-based compute services. By multiplexing hardware resources among virtual machines (VM...