The distributed V kernel and its performance for diskless workstations

Proceedings of the 9th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, SOSP 1983

Volumn , Issue , 1983, Pages 129-140

  Cheriton, David R ^a   Zwaenepoel, Willy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; FILE SERVERS; INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION; LOCAL NETWORKS; NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; PERFORMANCE PENALTIES; SECONDARY STORAGE;

EID: 85051442694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/800217.806621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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