Abstract The Direct Access File System (DAFS) is a new, fast, and lightweight remote file
system protocol. DAFS targets the data center by addressing the performance and functional …

This paper uses a high-performance, eventdriven, HTTP server (the µserver) to compare the
performance of the select, poll, and epoll event mechanisms. We subject the µserver to a …

This paper evaluates techniques for improving the performance of three architecturally
different web servers. We study strategies for effectively accepting incoming connections …

As the domain of cyber-physical systems continues to grow, an increasing number of tightly-
coupled distributed applications will be implemented on top of wireless networking …

Abstract We present DiPerF, a DIstributed PERformance evaluation Framework, aimed at
simplifying and automating performance evaluation of networked services. DiPerF …

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the py pp pg Sy 4,606,025 A 8, 1986 Peters et al. one or more elements are available to the …

Beltway buffers are operating system I/O paths optimised for high-throughput network
applications. The key architectural feature of Beltway buffers is that all I/O takes place in long …

This paper proposes two mechanisms for reducing the communication-related overheads of
Web applications. One mechanism is user-level connection tracking, which allows an …

Existing network benchmark tools suffer from problems such asportability, poor repeatability
and inability to perform accuratetesting of high-throughput networks. We have built a …

There has been much debate over the past few years about the practice of moving
traditional user-space applications, such as web servers, into the kernel for better …