Distributed operating systems based on a protected global virtualaddress space
Carter, J.B.; Cox, A.L.; Johnson, D.B.; Zwaenepoel, W.
Workstation Operating Systems, 1992. Proceedings., Third Workshop on
Volume , Issue , 23-24 Apr 1992 Page(s):75 - 79
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/WWOS.1992.275685
Summary:With the advent of the 64-bit microprocessor, the virtual address
space supported by a workstation will be large enough to permit the use
of a single shared address space spanning a network of workstations as
the primary abstraction provided by a distributed operating system. In
such a system, built upon a software distributed shared memory, the
programmer has considerable flexibility when choosing a mechanism for
interprocess communication. This flexibility permits the programmer to
make a case-by-case choice between simplicity and performance when both
goals are not simultaneously achievable. With the inclusion of
mechanisms supporting protection and fault tolerance, it is believed
that such a system can provide the advantages of conventional
message-based distributed operating systems, in addition to several
other benefits e.g. easy sharing of complex data structures between
processes, transparent replication of server functions, and a uniform
interface for all communication
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