paging performance

rhg at forbrk.UUCP rhg at forbrk.UUCP
Thu Feb 26 11:23:54 AEST 1987


I'm designing and implementing  a  Unix  paging  system  using  a
MC68020  and  MC68851  PMMU.   A high-end disk controller is also
being designed part of whose purpose is to provide a  page  cache
in  the  controller ram for pages which the os believes have been
swapped to disk.

I am looking for references to  papers,  books,  etc.  on  paging
performance, particularly (but not exclusively) if they deal with
the performance of  actual  systems,  preferably  in  a  business
environment,  and  if they have disk controller, or other, boards
which are tailored to aid paging performance.

Any  references,  experiences  with  designing  paging   systems,
measuring  paging  performance,  etc.  will  be  most  gratefully
appreciated.

Two references which I don't need are:

        Virtual Memory Management by Richard Carr
        Working Sets Past and Present by P.J. Denning

(Carr's book and Denning's article have over 100 references each.
I'm hoping for help in directing my efforts.)

Also, I've found chapters  in  operating  system  texts  such  as
Deitel,  Shaw,  Madnick and Donovan, Peterson and Silberschatz to
be too general for my purposes.

Thanks in advance.

                Roy Gordon



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