Distributed computations are concurrent programs in which processes communicate by
message passing. Such programs typically execute on network architectures such as …

Clicks is a new software architecture for building flexible and configurable routers. A Click
router is assembled from packet processing modules called elements. Individual elements …

SR is a language for programming distributed systems ranging from operating systems to
application programs. On the basis of our experience with the initial version, the language …

FILE SYSTEM DESIGN FOR AN NFS FILE SERVER APPLIANCE Dave Hitz James Lau Michael
Malcolm Network Appliance Corporation Abstract Network Appliance Corporation recently …

To achieve fault tolerance, a distributed system architecture incorporates redundant
processing components. Thus, before the issues which underlie fault-tolerance--or …

The current generation of protocol architectures, such as TCP/IP or the ISO suite, seem
successful at meeting the demands of todays networks. However, a number of new …

Cloud applications are increasingly distributing data across multiple regions and cloud
providers. Unfortunately, widearea bulk data transfers are often slow, bottlenecking …

A new operating system kernel, called the x-kernel, provides an explicit architecture for
constructing and composing network protocols. Experiments in implementing and evaluating …

We present a domain-independent model of hierarchical software system design and
construction that is based on interchangeable software components and large-scale reuse …

Computer applications traditionally expect a static execution environment. However, this
precondition is generally not possible for mobile systems, where the world around an …