Unix Internals New Frontiers

For advanced undergraduate/graduate-level courses.This text offers an exceptionally up-to-date, in-depth, and broad-based exploration of the latest advances in UNIX-based operating systems. Focusing on the design and implementation of the operating system itself -- not on the applications and tools that run on it -- this text compares and analyzes the alternatives offered by several important UNIX variants, and covers several advanced subjects, such as multi-processors and threads.compares several important UNIX variants -- highlighting the issues and alternative solutions for various operating system components (e.g., kernel memory allocations): System V Release 4 (SVR4) from Novell, Inc.Berkeley Software Distribution (4.xBSD) from University of California.OSF/1 from Open System Foundation.SunOS and Solaris from Sun Microsystems.DEC OSF from Digital Equipment Corporation.HP-US from Hewlett-Packard Corporation.describes advanced technologies such as: multiprocessor and multithreaded systems.log-structured file systems.modern memory architectures.provides many programming examples and features over 200 figures. contains 15-20 exercises for each chapter -- many open-ended and expandable to research assignments. includes an extensive list of references.