[unios] Re: Generic Design

[Pat Wendorf]

From: Pat Wendorf <beholder@ican.net>

> > This should be better protected by limiting each user to a certain size of
> > storage or something.
>
> __Every__ OS limits the space users have on the system. (except for the
> stupid DOS/win9x). Off course this is something that must be implemented.

NT Doesn't have Quota's either...

> > This was actually more of a loose thought. You're probably right that this
> > would be too slow. But I still think processing time has to be delegated in
> > a controlled way. One user can't take up all computer power if others don't
> > want him to.
>
> Off course not. A user cannot just give its own processes the maximum
> priority !
>
> When it comes to scheduling, we can just use the standard ones :
> Unix,WinNT,OS/2,... They all folow a very similar algorithm. And this is
> somethign that won't hurt generality and flexibility. You should have a
> look at the Linux scheduling algorithm. It's pretty small and efficient.
> Perhaps not as fine-tuned as some commercial Unices, but you can get it's
> code, off course.

Give us a run down of how it works if you can, I'd love to know.

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