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SUMMARY:Turning down the LAMP: software specialisation for the cloud - Ani
 l Madhavapeddy\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20100119T130000Z
DTEND:20100119T134500Z
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CONTACT:Stephen Kell
DESCRIPTION:The commoditisation of network-connected computing and storage
  into the cloud has fundamentally changed the economics of server hosting.
  Resources are now available on a highly dynamic basis\, enabling both tra
 nsient deployment for specific workloads\, and optimisation of general app
 lications to deal with the load spikes commonly seen by Internet services.
  Unfortunately today’s software stacks used to build these hosted applic
 ations have accreted layers of unnecessary complexity.\n\nWe propose throw
 ing away much of this runtime legacy\, including the operating system\, an
 d replacing it with simpler\, specialised code generated from a statically
  type-safe language. The benefits are significant: cost-savings in a pay-a
 s-you-go cloud platform\, improved reliability and security\, and a system
  that takes advantage of cloud-specific features such as migration and res
 ource control. In this paper we describe MirageOS\, the prototype platform
  we are building to achieve this using the Xen hypervisor and Objective Ca
 ml.
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building\, Room FW11
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