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Challenges of Memory Management on Modern NUMA Systems.

This article presents an exploration into non-uniform memory access (NUMA) systems within computer servers. The author discusses the performance features of contemporary NUMA systems in contrast to older generations, describes examples of NUMA features within the Linux operating system, and offers a...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 58; no. 12; pp. 59 - 67
Main Authors: GAUD, FABIEN, LEPERS, BAPTISTE, FUNSTON, JUSTIN, DASHTI, MOHAMMAD, FEDOROVA, ALEXANDRA, QUÉMA, VIVIEN, LACHAIZE, RENAUD, ROTH, MARK
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Dec2015
Subjects:
Non-uniform memory access
Client/server computing
Linux operating systems
Computer memory management
Algorithms
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article presents an exploration into non-uniform memory access (NUMA) systems within computer servers. The author discusses the performance features of contemporary NUMA systems in contrast to older generations, describes examples of NUMA features within the Linux operating system, and offers a memory-management algorithm to improve performance and reduce access timing problems.