Files Quote by Andrew S. Tanenbaum Download Open image “A multithreaded file system is only a performance hack.” — Andrew S. Tanenbaum ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Files Hacks Linux Performances
Windows favors multi-threading, which means that a service is implemented by one single process. — Wietse Venema Copy Share Image
“Accessing shared, mutable data requires using synchronization; one way to avoid this requirement is to not share. If data is only accessed from a… — Brian Goetz Copy Share Image
A basic principle of data processing teaches the folly of trying to maintain independent files in synchonism. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wanted to have virtual memory, at least as it's coupled with file systems. — Ken Thompson Copy Share Image
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working. — John Ousterhout Copy Share Image
“7200 RPM SATA disks are designed for single-user sequential I/O and are not a good choice for multi-user writes.” — FreeNAS Community Copy Share Image
In the hardware world, you've got to take your time because your iteration cycles are much more deliberate. — Hosain Rahman Copy Share Image
“The entire bottleneck concept is not geared to decrease operating expense, it’s focused on increasing throughput.” — Eliyahu M. Goldratt Copy Share Image
“I/O-bound programs are constrained by data access. These are programs where adding more processing power or RAM often makes little difference.” — Jim R. Wilson Copy Share Image
My first operating system project was to build a real-time system called RSX-11M that ran on Digital's PDP-11 16-bit series of minicomputers. ... a… — Dave Cutler Copy Share Image
The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later came out… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Sequential programming is really hard, and parallel programming is a step beyond that. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Linux is a leprosy; … This statement is not grammatically or factually correct. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a modern "free" OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe… — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
I think that prosecuting some college kid because she shared a file is a lot like sending somebody to Australia 200 years ago for… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Donald Trump threatened to file a defamation suit against me for running a TV ad that consisted only entirely of his own words on… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and boards, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I missed the whole thing [X-files series]. And I know it went for nine seasons, and I think I saw bits and pieces of… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Rappers shouldn't have to file taxes because they itemize everything they own in songs. — Damien Fahey Copy Share Image
Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and… — Robin Cook Copy Share Image
It's like I'm married to the silencer, Until I file for divorce and release my ex-calibers. Do art with your arteries, place that for… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
I'm Jewish, but my mom's Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
I do everything via email. Which in turn works as my tickler file and prioritization queue. I start at the top every morning and… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image