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Paging memory from random access memory to backing storage in a parallel computer

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OSTI ID:1083966
Paging memory from random access memory (`RAM`) to backing storage in a parallel computer that includes a plurality of compute nodes, including: executing a data processing application on a virtual machine operating system in a virtual machine on a first compute node; providing, by a second compute node, backing storage for the contents of RAM on the first compute node; and swapping, by the virtual machine operating system in the virtual machine on the first compute node, a page of memory from RAM on the first compute node to the backing storage on the second compute node.
Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,447,912
Application Number:
12/892,226
OSTI ID:
1083966
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English