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From: connie!rdavis@relay.EU.net (Ray Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.research
Subject: Re: OSs supporting checkpointing: looking for examples.
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Date: 24 Sep 90 18:55:43 GMT
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In <5496@darkstar.ucsc.edu> vic@cs.arizona.edu (Vicraj T. Thomas) writes:

>I am looking for examples of "traditional" operating systems (i.e. centralized
>OSs) that allowed user processes to periodically checkpoint their state so
>that, in case of a failure and subsequent recovery, they could be restarted
>from the last checkpoint.  Names of such OSs or pointers to papers that might
>contain this information would be greatly appreciated.

ConvexOS 9.0 supports process and process hierarchy checkpoint
and restart.  Mail me if you want more info.

Ray Davis
Convex Computer GmbH, Frankfurt, West Germany
rdavis@convex.com, unido!connie!rdavis, uunet!convex!rdavis, +49-69-666-8081