Dr. Samuel H. Fuller (auth.)3540071865, 9783540071860
Many computer systems are operating significantly below the potential of their central processors because of inadequate support from the auxiliary storage units. Most storage units, e.g. drums and disks, store the information on rotating surfaces, and the delays associated with retrieving information from these devices are substantial; access times on the order of ten to one hundred milliseconds are not uncommon, while many central processors are capable of executing well over a million operations per second.Unless unusual care is taken in the organization and scheduling of these rotating storage units, they will become the dominant bottleneck in the computer system. |
Table of contents :
Introduction….Pages 1-12
An analysis of drum storage units….Pages 13-71
Performance of an I/O channel with multiple paging drums….Pages 72-107
An optimal drum scheduling algorithm….Pages 108-159
The expected difference between the SLTF and MTPT drum….Pages 160-187
Random arrivals and MTPT disk scheduling discipline….Pages 188-232
Conclusions and topics for further research….Pages 233-239 |
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