UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers

About this book

This book 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 book 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 variantshighlighting the issues and alternative solutions for various operating system components. Describes advanced technologies such as multiprocessor and multithreaded systems log- structured file systems and modern memory architecture.