We are specifically interested in single-system scalability, performance, and reliability of network server infrastructure products running on Linux, such as LDAP directory servers, IMAP electronic mail servers, and web servers, among others. We're continuing to work with vendors such as Sun and IBM on their Linux scalability issues. We've provided several significant modifications to the Linux kernel. We've written several papers, three of which have been accepted for publication through the Usenix technical conference proceedings. We're continuing to reach out to potential sponsors.
Work continues on long-term projects.
Milestones IBM has agreed to fund work on thread performance in IBM's Java Virtual Machine for Linux. Their CAS graduate research program will sponsor a summer internship in Austin for one of our graduate students. Four graduate students in Brian Noble's 582 Operating Systems seminar are attacking the thread performance problem described in the paper entitled Java, Threads, and Scheduling in Linux . A project status report is available. Steve continues to explore generic solutions to thundering herd issues in the Linux TCP stack.