Constructing Dynamic Policies for Paging Mode Selection
Jason Hiebel, Laura E. Brown, Zhenlin Wang · 2018
Virtualization technology is a key component for data center management which allows for multiple users and applications to share a single, physical machine. Modern virtual machine monitors utilize both software and hardware-assisted paging for memory virtualization, however neither paging mode is always preferable. Previous studies have shown that dynamic selection, which at runtime selects paging modes according to relevant performance metrics, can be effective in tailoring memory virtualization to program workload. However, these approaches require low-level manual analysis, or depend on prior knowledge of workload characteristics and phasing.