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PipesFS: Fast Linux I/O in the Unix Tradition

This paper presents PipesFS, an I/O architecture for Linux 2.6 that increases I/O throughput and adds support for heterogeneous parallel processors by collapsing many I/O interfaces onto one: the Unix pipeline, increasing pipe efficiency and exploiting pipeline modularity to spread computation across all available processors. PipesFS extends the pipeline model...

Tags: I/O, Unix, Vrije Universiteit, PipesFS, Linux, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2008-07-21

Towards Data Mining in Large and Fully Distributed Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks

The Internet, which is becoming a more and more dynamic, extremely heterogeneous network has recently became a platform for huge fully distributed peer-to-peer overlay networks containing millions of nodes typically for the purpose of information dissemination and file sharing. This paper targets the problem of analyzing data which are scattered...

Tags: Network, P2P, Node, Vrije Universiteit, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Peer To Peer (P2P), Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Internet

White papers 2008-01-01

Towards a Multi-Perspective Assessment of Scalability of Distributed IT Services

Scalability is an important issue in distributed IT service design and should be addressed at least from technical and economic perspectives. The paper presents a conceptual framework that addresses scalability from these two perspectives. To explore scalability of distributed services, the framework employs a value model and UML deployment model...

Tags: IT Services, Information Technology, Scalability, Vrije Universiteit

White papers 2007-03-15

Reorganizing UNIX for Reliability

This paper discusses the architecture of a modular UNIX-compatible operating system, MINIX 3, that provides reliability beyond that of most other systems. With nearly the entire operating system running as a set of user-mode servers and drivers atop a minimal kernel, the system is fully compartmentalized. By moving most of...

Tags: Operating System, Vrije Universiteit, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software

White papers 2006-06-27

Additional Resources

Coral structures analyzed by computers

We all know that Earth's coral reefs are threatened by human activities, especially the global warming effect. And to study coral colonies, biologists either had to do manual measurements or look at photographs. But now, Dutch researchers are using computers to measure coral structures. Coral specimens are first scanned before...

Tags: skeleton

Blog posts 2006-08-16

Innovative University Attracts Students With Cisco Wireless Network

The Vrije Universiteit, established in Amsterdam in 1880, was founded on the principles of freedom of worship. The university was anxious to take advantage of the emerging generation of multimedia, e-learning, and collaboration applications, while the IT staff believed students would be drawn by the opportunity to try exciting new...

Tags: Network, University, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless Network, Networking

Case studies

HP Digital Sender Helps Belgian University Automate Invoice Processing

Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB is a medium-sized Flemish university with some 9,000 registered students. Every year, VUB receives some 50,000 invoices and they were causing an administrative headache. Old system of VUB was very time consuming and VUB needed more staff and there was the problem of invoices getting lost...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., University, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Tools & Techniques, Management

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