OpenVMS Alpha 64-bit Very Large Memory Design
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Vol. 9 No. 4 1997 33 Database products and other applications impose heavy demands on physical memory. The newest version of DIGITAL’s OpenVMS Alpha operating system extends its very large memory (VLM) support and allows large caches to remain memory resident. OpenVMS Alpha version 7.1 enables applications to take advantage of both 64-bit virtual addressing and very large memories consistent with the OpenVMS shared memory model. In this paper, we describe the new 64-bit VLM capabilities designed for the OpenVMS Alpha version 7.1 operating system. We explain application flexibility and the system management issues addressed in the design and discuss the performance improvements realized by 64-bit VLM applications.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Digital Technical Journal
دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998