Title :
On page blocks in distributed virtual memory systems
Author :
Fellah, A. ; Abaza, M.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci., United Arab Emirates Univ., Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
We introduce the concept of working set-based page block in distributed virtual memory systems. We show that hit ratio is significantly better than that of conventional systems, where page blocks are formed from neighboring contiguous pages on the disk. Moreover, the choice of some relevant virtual memory parameters, which is usually made by the system manager and is riskier and may affect the efficiency of the system. We show that such choice becomes more reliable by using page blocks
Keywords :
distributed memory systems; distributed programming; paged storage; distributed virtual memory systems; hit ratio; neighboring contiguous pages; page blocks; system manager; virtual memory parameters; working set-based page block; Application software; Computer applications; Computer science; Frequency; Mathematics; Memory management; Risk management; Scattering; System performance; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1999 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5582-2
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1999.799610
