Memory resource management in VMware ESX server

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 36, Issue Special Issue, 2002, Pages 181-194

  Waldspurger, Carl A ^a  

^a VMWARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY OPERATING SYSTEMS; CONTENT-BASED; HARDWARE RESOURCES; MEMORY RESOURCES; MEMORY UTILIZATION; PAGE SHARING; RUNNING-IN; VIRTUAL MACHINES;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 84978382687     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/844128.844146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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