Using the S3 sleep state, even on a server 
By way of slashdot, this Exoid article details how to make sure Windows uses the S3 sleep state, even for an always-on server. Also linked is this handy reference to the possible ACPI sleep states.

Perhaps something like this could be developed into a vehicle for low-utilization servers?
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A great OS/systems web site 
Clarkson University Prof Jeanna Matthews has one of the best round ups of system papers. It comes as no surprise that she received her training at Berkeley. Kudos to her.

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Ubuntu 7.04 released 
Ubuntu 7.04 was released today. You can get it from one of the official mirrors or from our unofficial mirror.

Okay, maybe this isn't "research" news, but I still like it.
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The Parallel Workloads Archive 
The Parallel Workloads Archive is an archive of real workload submission and execution data from real clusters from 1993 to the present. It supports a unified log file format (the Standard Workload Format, SWF) so that data from diverse sources can be analyzed together. With over 3 million jobs from 21 clusters, there's plenty of information to be had. It's maintained by Dror Feitelson of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

You can either visit the original Parallel Workloads Archive or our mirror of the site.
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Welcome to the OS Research News blog! 
This is the inaugural post of the Operating Systems Research News blog. We hope to report on interesting developments in OS research, specifically within the domains of power-aware, high-performance, and commercial computing, as well as storage technology. This blog will cover industry and research developments, as well as our own projects and software releases.

Our research group is part of the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University, and is lead by Dr. Vince Freeh. It includes a number of PhD and MS students, as well as associate members from both academia and industry.

We look forward to providing a guide to the many facets of Operating Systems development!
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