Using dynamic kernel instrumentation for kernel and application tuning

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-276

  Tamches, Ariel ^a   Miller, Barton P ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER OPERATING PROCEDURES; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); WORLD WIDE WEB;

DYNAMIC KERNEL INSTRUMENTATION; KERNEL PERFORMANCE PROFILER; MACHINE CODE INSTRUCTION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE KERNLNST; WEB PROXY SERVER;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032593333     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109434209901300309     Document Type: Article

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