As a cache eviction algorithm, FIFO has a lot of attractive properties, such as simplicity,
speed, scalability, and flash-friendliness. The most prominent criticism of FIFO is its low …

An exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives to solve
common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. What …

Practical cache replacement policies attempt to emulate optimal replacement by predicting
the re-reference interval of a cache block. The commonly used LRU replacement policy …

Web services rely on caching at nearly every layer of the system architecture. Commonly,
each cache is implemented and maintained independently by a distinct team and is highly …

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USENIX Association Proceedings of FAST ’03: 2nd USENIX Conference on File and Storage …

Most major content providers use content delivery networks (CDNs) to serve web and video
content to their users. A CDN is a large distributed system of servers that caches and …

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This paper reports on results and experiences from the COMFORT automatic tuning project.
The objective of the project has been to investigate architectural principles of self-tuning …

Efficient and effective buffering of disk blocks in main memory is critical for better file system
performance due to a wide speed gap between main memory and hard disks. In such a …

Although LRU replacement policy has been commonly used in the buffer cache
management, it is well known for its inability to cope with access patterns with weak locality …