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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to compare the dependability of three operating
systems (Windows NT4, Windows
2000 and Windows XP) with respect to erroneous behavior of the application
layer. The results show a
similar behavior of the three OSs with respect to robustness and a noticeable
difference in OS reaction
and restart times. They also show that the application state (mainly
the hang and abort states) significantly impacts the restart time for
the three OSs.
Keywords: Dependability benchmarking, operating
systems, Windows family.
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