Is your memory hierarchy stop** your microprocessor from performing at the high level it
should be? Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk shows you how to resolve this problem …

In this paper, we present aggressive, proactive mechanisms that tailor file system resource
management to the needs of l/O-intensive applications. In particular, we show how to use …

When you think about how far and fast computer science has progressed in recent years, it's
not hard to conclude that a seven-year old handbook may fall a little short of the kind of …

Slow restoration due to chunk fragmentation is a serious problem facing inline chunk-based
data deduplication systems: restore speeds for the most recent backup can drop orders of …

A server computer identifies a cached document and its associated cache update history in
response to a request or in anticipation of a request from a client computer. The server …

As the performance gap between disks and micropocessors continues to increase, effective
utilization of the file cache becomes increasingly immportant. Application-controlled file …

Block correlations are common semantic patterns in storage systems. These correlations
can be exploited for improving the effectiveness of storage caching, prefetching, data layout …

I/O is emerging as a major bottleneck for machine learning training, especially in distributed
environments. Indeed, at large scale, I/O takes as much as 85% of training time. Addressing …

A client assistant, sometimes called a browser helper, runs on a client computer. The client
assistant monitors a user's browsing activities and infers one or more next documents that …

The majority of the Internet population access the World Wide Web via dial-up modem
connections. Studies have shown that the limited modem bandwidth is the main contributor …