UNIX Internals, The New Frontiers

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.Salient Features: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.