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GISP: A Transparent Superpage Support Framework for Linux

GISP: A Transparent Superpage Support Framework for Linux

Though all of the current main-stream OSs have supported superpage to some extent, most of them need runtime information Read more

Oct 1, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Storage > Management

Linux (RHEL 4) 64-Bit Performance With NFS, iSCSI, and FCP Using an Oracle Database on NetApp Storage

Linux (RHEL 4) 64-Bit Performance With NFS, iSCSI, and FCP Using an Oracle Database on NetApp Storage

This technical report provides tuning recommendations that can increase the performance of Linux 2.6- based kernel envir Read more

Jan 9, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > IT Management > IT Infrastructure

BEA WebLogic Real Time 2.0: Predictable Mission-Critical Performance for Java - Today

BEA WebLogic Real Time 2.0: Predictable Mission-Critical Performance for Java - Today

Until recently, high-volume, mission-critical applications that demand the highest level of performance, reliably delive Read more

Feb 15, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Servers and Server OS > Server Platforms - OS

Implementing Solaris Zones With Veritas Cluster Server by Symantec

Implementing Solaris Zones With Veritas Cluster Server by Symantec

With the release of Solaris 10, Sun introduced the concept of local zones. Zones are an isolation mechanism for applicat Read more

Mar 1, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Storage > Management

WasabiRAID

WasabiRAID

WasabiRAID from Wasabi Systems is a kernel level RAID driver optimized for Wasabi Certified BSD. It is compatible with a Read more

Mar 12, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Servers and Server OS > Server Platforms - OS

HP-UX Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes HP-UX 11i V3

HP-UX Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes HP-UX 11i V3

Logical Volume Manager (bundle BaseLVM) is the HP-UX default Volume Manager. It provides the user with flexibility in co Read more

Apr 3, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Desktops, Laptops and OS > Desktop Client OS

Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy

Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy

The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. In this paper, first in a se Read more

Apr 9, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Enterprise Applications > Enterprise Planning

Decimal Floating Point Computations in SAP NetWeaver 7.10

Decimal Floating Point Computations in SAP NetWeaver 7.10

Most processor architectures support binary floating point in hardware. However, binary floating point is not suitable f Read more

Apr 9, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > LAN - WAN

Operating System Multilevel Load Balancing

Operating System Multilevel Load Balancing

This paper describes an algorithm that allows Linux to per-form multilevel load balancing in NUMA computers. The Linux s Read more

Jul 10, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > Network Management

A Two-Stage Plug-in Bandwidth Selection and Its Implementation for Covariance Estimation

A Two-Stage Plug-in Bandwidth Selection and Its Implementation for Covariance Estimation

The two most popular bandwidth choice rules for kernel HAC estimation have been proposed by Andrews (1991) and Newey and Read more

Jul 11, 2008