kernel file system
Linux Bootup Time Reduction for Digital Still Camera
White Paper At first it introduces the DSC platform and development environments and next the authors explain the optimization method for the bootloader and the kernel bootup time. The paper describe root file system, device driver module configuration and DSC... [03 Apr 2007]
Filesystem Performance and Scalability in Linux 2.4.17
White Paper The Linux kernel is unique in that it supports a wide variety of high-quality filesystems. On the smaller systems, the best-performing file system is often Ext2, Ext3 or ReiserFS. Although the best-performing filesystem varies depending on the... [03 Apr 2007]
Analysis of the Linux Random Number Generator
White Paper The Linux random number generator is part of the kernel of all Linux distributions and is based on generating randomness from entropy of operating system events. The output of this generator is used for almost every security protocol, including TLS... [01 Apr 2007]
Mondrix: Memory Isolation for Linux Using Mondriaan Memory Protection
White Paper During development, MMP exposed two kernel bugs in common, heavily-tested code, and during fault injection experiments, it prevented three of five file system corruptions. This paper presents the design and an evaluation of Mondrix, a version of... [01 Apr 2007]
Cooperative Caching in Linux Clusters
White Paper And the authors also describe corresponding changes in Linux kernel memory management to support this cooperative caching scheme. In this paper, the authors propose a cooperative caching scheme, which not only allows the operating system to avoid... [01 Apr 2007]
Managing NFS and KRPC Kernel Configurations in HP-UX 11i V2
White Paper This white paper discusses the configurable NFS (Network File System) and KRPC (Kernel Remote Procedure Call) kernel tunables or kernel parameters in HP-UX 11i v2 and describes how to manage them. Tunables are variables that control the behavior of... [02 Feb 2007]
Warning over "critical" QuickTime hole
News In November, LMH started the "Month of Kernel Bugs" project, which also included some Apple software bugs. An attacker could create a special RTSP string in a rigged QuickTime file that would cause a buffer overflow, according to the advisory. [03 Jan 2007]
MSDN Webcast: Developing Applications for Windows Vista With Transactional NTFS (TxF) (Level 200)
White Paper Enhancements to the kernel in the Windows Vista operating system enables the NTFS file system and the registry to support transactions. The updated Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) coordinates this activity with Microsoft SQL Server or... [07 Dec 2006]
Red Hat does second enterprise Linux beta
News Red Hat said it has made "extensive enhancements" to the kernel, network and I/O subsystems since release of the fourth version. Gillen added: "Red Hat's approach of integrating virtualisation software and clustering technology together with file... [21 Nov 2006]
Guide to Linux Filesystem Mastery
White Paper The paper focuses on the Linux disk partitions and file management system features in version 2.4 of the Linux kernel. The terms filesystem and file system are used interchangeably in the Linux documentation to refer to several different but... [11 Oct 2006]
Convert a Single Instance Database to Oracle RAC 10g on RHEL3
White Paper Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), an integrated file system and a volume management solution built into the Oracle database kernel, is used for RAC database storage because it simplifies database storage management tasks while offering... [11 Oct 2006]
Vista already on the Redmond patch treadmill
News These are MS06-042, for Internet Explorer, and MS06-051, which addresses a flaw in the Windows kernel. The patch fixed a flaw in the way the operating system's Graphics Rendering Engine processes Windows Meta File images. [18 Aug 2006]
Boeing zeros in on Linux for military aircraft
News Seiler said: "You can get a complete Linux distribution - kernel, driver, networking, file system - in about 4MB of memory. The new version, based on version 2.6.14 of the Linux kernel, is a significant improvement over the first that was... [31 Jul 2006]
Trojan nasties raid passwords
News Sana said the Trojan is well hidden by the kernel-level rootkit and that because of this, some antivirus programs may have difficulty detecting it. The attackers attempt to place the Trojan on a computer using an exploit for the Windows Meta File... [27 Mar 2006]
Torvalds issues new Linux kernel
News The new kernel includes the SPU (synergistic programming unit) file system, which lets software control and communicate with the different processor cores. The new kernel has the Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS) as well. [22 Mar 2006]
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