The sprite network operating system (1988)
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| Venue: | IEEE Computer |
| Citations: | 297 - 22 self |
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@ARTICLE{Ousterhout88thesprite,
author = {John K. Ousterhout and Andrew R. Cherenson and Frederick Douglis and Michael N. Nelson and Brent B. Welch},
title = {The sprite network operating system},
journal = {IEEE Computer},
year = {1988},
volume = {21},
pages = {23--36}
}
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Abstract
Sprite is a new operating system for networked uniprocessor and multiprocessor workstations with large physical memories. It implements a set of kernel calls much like those of 4.3 BSD UNIX, with extensions to allow processes on the same workstation to share memory and to allow processes to migrate between workstations. The implementation of the Sprite kernel contains several interesting features, including a remote procedure call facility for communication between kernels, the use of prefix tables to implement a single file name space and to provide flexibility in administering the network file system, and large variable-size file caches on both client and server machines, which provide high performance even for diskless workstations.
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sprite network server machine remote procedure call facility several interesting feature prefix table new operating system bsd unix multiprocessor workstation networked uniprocessor share memory network file system high performance large variable-size file cache sprite kernel large physical memory diskless workstation single file name space
