Student: J. Cruz
Sponsors: NSF, PRF
The goal of this research is an ``off-the-shelf'' approach to distributed operating system design and integrated resource management. The main architectural features are: non-kernel-based approach, custom OS < DUNE < network computing (e.g., PVM), glue together stand-alone commodity UNIX workstations using linked libraries (also called library OS), application/user transparency, communication-sensitive load balancing, and integrated resource management. Projects include: build prototype system for Solaris (system call wrapper to syscall, process migration), implement performance enhancement features including push/pull-based caching of static/dynamic objects, communication-sensitive load balancing, and integrated resource control; other architectural components include real-time scheduling, resource contention resolution using a resource economy, security, and resource accounting.
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