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Big Data Systems

SmartSweep: Efficient Space Reclamation in Tiered Managed Heaps

Using remote memory for the Java heap enables big data analytics frameworks to process large datasets. However, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) runtime struggles to maintain …

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Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

TeraHeap: Exploiting Flash Storage for Mitigating DRAM Pressure in Managed Big Data Frameworks

Big data analytics frameworks, such as Spark and Giraph, need to process and cache massive datasets that do not always fit on the managed heap. Therefore, frameworks temporarily …

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