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POS 2000: Persistent Object Systems: Design, Implementation, and Use pp 215–227Cite as

An Overview of Ulisse, a Distributed Single Address Space System

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We present Ulisse, a distributed single address space system being developed at the University of Pisa. Ulisse has a symmetric, peer-to-peer architecture, is resilient to certain types of node and network failures, and supports a form of application-controlled approach to memory management. A set of mechanisms make it possible to explicitly control page caching and the page movements across the storage hierarchy, thereby allowing application programs to implement specific memory management strategies, including page replacement, consistency and recovery.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Elettronica, Informatica, Telecomunicazioni, Via Diotisalvi, 2, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Gianluca Dini, Giuseppe Lettieri & Lanfranco Lopriore

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  1. School of Computer Science, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK

    Graham N. C. Kirby  & Alan Dearle  & 

  2. Simula Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1080, Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Dag I. K. Sjøberg

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Dini, G., Lettieri, G., Lopriore, L. (2001). An Overview of Ulisse, a Distributed Single Address Space System. In: Kirby, G.N.C., Dearle, A., Sjøberg, D.I.K. (eds) Persistent Object Systems: Design, Implementation, and Use. POS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2135. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45498-5_19

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