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A Detailed primer on cpu scheduling (Dev University)

Cpu scheduling algorithms (Dev University) Most OSs today use very similar cpu time scheduling algorithms,all based on the same basic ideas, but with OSspecific adaptations and extensions. What follows is a description of those rough basic ideas

Interpreting Disk IO Stats in Linux (Dev University) Document explainaing the output of /proc/diskstats. Tools such as sar and iostat typically interpret these and do the work for you, but in case you are interested in creating your own tools, the fields are explained here

IPC Shared Memory (Dev University) nice article with examples on using shared memory to communicate between processes

Linux Io Scheduler - Waikato Linux Users Group (Dev University) An interesting article explaining the 4 different IO schedulers in Linux and how to select the right one

Presentation on CPU Scheduling (Bhavin Turakhia) Understanding CPU Scheduling algorithms

redhat.com Choosing an IO Scheduler for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and the 2.6 Kernel (Dev University) An interesting article explaining the different IO schedulers in Linux and how to select the right one