Talk abstract: This talk explored alternative ways to guarantee quality-of-service (QoS) and introduces the concept of a Resource Kernel a means to provide OS-based guarantees. Shortcomings of Linux relative to QoS and Resource Kernel requirements were discussed, and alternative approaches to address them were reviewed. Examples were given of run-time behavior with and without a Resource Kernel, and an example real-time resource kernel Linux distribution was used to demonstrate the role a Resource Kernel can play in ensuring QoS, and to illustrate the difference made by hard and soft utility function parameters on run-time behavior.

Speaker bio: Lonnie VanZandt is a Senior Systems Engineer at TimeSys Corporation and a former Operating Systems Engineer from Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories. He has a BS CE and a MS CE from the University of Illinois.

Talk slides: here

 
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