The case for active block layer extensions

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3-9

  Guerra, Jorge ^a   Useche, Luis ^a   Bhadkamkar, Medha ^a   Koller, Ricardo ^a   Rangaswami, Raju ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BLOCKS; BEHAVIORAL PROPERTIES; DATA CONSISTENCY; DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; HIGH-LEVEL SYSTEMS; OPERATING SYSTEMS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SELF MANAGEMENT; SELF-MANAGING; STORAGE SYSTEMS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 77952267733     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1453775.1453778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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