Implementation of a reliable remote memory pager

USENIX 1996 Annual Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Markatos, Evangelos P ^a   Dramitinos, George ^a,b  

^a Hellas ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHERNET;

DEVICE DRIVER; LOW-BANDWIDTH; MAGNETIC DISK; MAIN MEMORY; REMOTE MEMORY; TEST APPLICATIONS; WORKSTATION CLUSTERS;

INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS (CIRCUIT SWITCHING);

EID: 85084161934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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