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Readahead

Known as: Systemd-readahead 
readahead is a system call of the Linux kernel that loads a file's contents into the page cache. This prefetches the file so that when it is… 
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2018
2018
Column Cache: Buffer Cache for Columnar Storage on HDFS
Columnar storage is a data source for data analytics in distributed computing frameworks. For portability and scalability… 
2013
2013
An Asynchronous Striping-Aware Readahead Framework for Disk Arrays in Linux
Disk arrays and prefetching schemes are used to mitigate the performance gap between main memory and disks. This paper presents a… 
2011
2011
Design and Implementation of the Spad Filesystem
Title: Design and Implementation of the Spad Filesystem Author: Mgr. Mikuláš Patočka email: mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz… 
2010
2010
Sequential File Prefetching in Linux
supercom-abStract Sequential prefetching is a well established technique for improving I/O performance. As Linux runs an… 
2010
2010
Prediction of Optimal Readahead Parameter in Linux by Using Monitoring Tool
Frequently, application developers face to the hidden performance problems that are provided by operating system internal… 
2007
2007
Application Buffer-Cache Management for Performance: Running the World's Largest MRTG
An operating system's readahead and buffer-cache behaviors can significantly impact application performance; most often these… 
2006
2006
Optimising L4 on Blackfin 533/537: An investigation into a high performance L4 microkernel without virtual memory
  • 2006
  • Corpus ID: 264614620
The L4 microkernel is used as the basis for several operating systems but was built on the assumption of virtual memory. This… 
2004
2004
An information-interconnectivity-based retrieval method for network attached storage
Network attached disk storage is characterized by independent network attachment and embedded intelligence. For Internet… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Tutorial on storage technology: RAID and beyond
In stark contrast to the 25% per year increase in areal density delivered by the magnetic disk industry during the 1970s and… 
1981
1981
The Construction of Stack-Controlling LR Parsers for Regular Right Part Grammars
Although determinisitic pushdown automata and LR(k) parsers are formally equivalent, the latter (unlike the former) stack one… 
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