Scalable kernel performance for Internet servers under realistic loads

USENIX 1998 Annual Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages

  Banga, Gaurav ^a   Mogul, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNIX;

ALGORITHMIC PROBLEMS; ALLOCATION ALGORITHM; EVENT-DRIVEN; EVENT-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURES; INTERNET SERVERS; POOR PERFORMANCE; REAL WORKLOADS; SYSTEM CALLS;

WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 85084162196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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