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DROPS: Dresden Real-Time Operating System Project - http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/drops/
Several RTOSs with QoS focus: much research is done on networking support for continuous-media applications, very few projects tackle related OS issues, such as scheduling and file system support for bounded response time: overview, status, download, installation, use, documentation, papers. |
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Roadrunner - http://www.cornfed.com/
One-user, general purpose OS built on a protected memory, POSIX threads RT kernel; full kernel, device drivers, file systems, and network protocols runs in about 200 K RAM; now runs on x86 CPUs but designed for easy portability. [Open source, GPL] |
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Tornado - http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/EECG/RESEARCH/ParallelSys/tornado.html
Object-oriented operating system for large-scale shared-memory multiprocessors. Minimizes data sharing via careful design: often eliminates data sharing even when sharing appears natural. Successor to Hurricane. |
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SUMO - http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/sumo/
SUpport for Multimedia in Operating systems, Lancaster University: microkernel OS with facilities to support distributed realtime and multimedia applications and ODP-based multimedia distributed application platforms. |
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Getting Closer to 99.9999% Network Uptime - http://practical-tech.com/network/getting-closer-to-999999-network-uptime/
Has information loss become so crucial? Is there real demand for highly available networks? Or are network OEMs, fighting a bad economy, making high-tech versions of detergent ads claiming new and improved? Vaughan-Nichols and Associates. |