HyberFast: An effective way to save/resume processes with prevention of real-time data loss

Abstract

A technique by which the process of hibernation can be sped-up is presented. During normal hibernation, the contents of the entire RAM are stored in the hard disk. However, as the number of running processes increase, the amount of RAM being used also increases and consequently more time is required to store its contents. In the proposed technique, the focus is only on the storage of that data which is critical to resume a running process after hibernation. This reduces the amount of memory required to be stored before hibernation, which in turn will reduce the time required for hibernation. This may also prevent real time data loss. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.