Explain Belady's Anomaly
By in Operating Systems on Jul 12 2006
  • Mukesh Kumar
    Sep, 2017 10

    Its a page fault problem

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  • Manoj Kumar Duraisamy
    Dec, 2016 30

    In computer storage, Bélády's anomaly is the phenomenon in which increasing the number of page frames results in an increase in the number of page faults for certain memory access patterns. This phenomenon is commonly experienced when using the First in First Out (FIFO) page replacement algorithm.

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  • Jul, 2006 12

    Also called FIFO anomaly.

    Usually, on increasing the number of frames allocated to a process' virtual memory, the process execution is faster, because fewer page faults occur.

     Sometimes, the reverse happens, i.e., the execution time increases even when more frames are allocated to the process. This is Belady's Anomaly. This is true for certain page reference patterns..

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