COMP 3000 Assignment 2: Difference between revisions

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Preliminary Questions (assignment is not final!)

For each of the following papers, write a brief summary (one paragraph) explaining why the paper is (or might be) interesting. If you can't understand what the paper is about, explain what you do and don't understand.

Note that all of the following papers were presented at OSDI 2010. There are video presentations available for all of these papers. Feel free to refer to these supplementary or other supplementary materials.

An Analysis of Linux Scalability to Many Cores

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 ==Preliminary Questions (assignment is not final!)==
-# Compare and contrast the IBM PC BIOS, EFI, coreboot, and Open Firmware.  What are the key features of each, and what are their advantages and disadvantages?
+For each of the following papers, write a brief summary (one paragraph) explaining why the paper is (or might be) interesting.  If you can't understand what the paper is about, explain what you do and don't understand.
-# Does it make any sense to implement RAID in the context of a cluster-based filesystem such as the Google File System?  Explain and contrast the RAID and GFS approaches to fast yet reliable storage using commodity disks.
+Note that all of the following papers were presented at [http://www.usenix.org/events/osdi10/tech/  OSDI 2010].  There are video presentations available for all of these papers.  Feel free to refer to these supplementary or other supplementary materials.
+# [http://www.usenix.org/events/osdi10/tech/full_papers/Boyd-Wickizer.pdf An Analysis of Linux Scalability to Many Cores]