A Network Memory Server -- Design Document

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Design Overview
   1. Application Interface
   2. System Internals
      1. Block Diagram
      2. Components
3. System Operation Overview
   1. Types of Communication Channels
   2. Naming Hosts and Pages
   3. Allocating and Freeing Space on Servers
   4. Replication
   5. Pagein Operations
      • Client Side
      • Server Side
   6. Pageout Operations
   7. Load Balancing
   8. Tracking Client and Server Status
   9. Active Processing Daemons, Debugging, and Performance Monitoring
4. Detailed Descriptions of Components
   • Client-side Daemon
   • Client-side Kernel Module
   • Server-side Daemon
   • Server-side Kernel Module
   • Server-side Cache Module
   • High-speed Network Module
   • Active Processing Daemons
   • UDP Stub Module
   • Shared Interfaces