Empirical study of memory-data: Characteristics and compressibility
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in IEE Proceedings - Computers and Digital Techniques
- Vol. 145 (1) , 63-67
- https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-cdt:19981797
Abstract
The authors present results from an investigation into the characteristics of memory-data in Unix applications. The memory-data analysis shows a number of surprising characteristics and reveals substantial similarities across applications. It is also shown that memory-data typically compresses to half the original volume. The characteristics of the memory-data, as well as the results on compression, are of interest to researchers connected with computer systems design in general, and resource management in particular.Keywords
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