Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
5-2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Program
Computer Science
Advisor
Paula Whitlock
Committee Members
Robert Haralick
James Cox
David Shields
Subject Categories
OS and Networks | Systems Architecture
Keywords
mass storage, disk, tape, performance, architecture
Abstract
The semantics and fundamental structure of modern operating system IO systems dates from the mid-1960's to the mid-1970's, a period of time when computing power and memory capacity were a mere fraction of today's systems. Engineering tradeoffs made in the past enshrine the resource availability context of computing at that time. Deconstructing the semantics of the IO infrastructure allows a re-examination of long-standing design decisions in the context of today's greater processing and memory resources. The re-examination allows changes to several wide-spread paradigms to improve efficiency and performance.
Recommended Citation
Gezelter, Robert, "Re-Architecting Mass Storage Input/Output for Performance and Efficiency" (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/2624
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