Kent Overstreet <kmo@daterainc.com>: Block layer projects that I haven’t had time for

Explicit block device plugging

Virtio: An I/O virtualization framework for Linux

[PATCH] mm: unmapped page migration avoid unmap+remap overhead
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/mm/14a043122743d82e

page migration

NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access): An Overview
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2513149

Optimizing Linux Memory Management for Low-latency / High-throughput Databases
http://engineering.linkedin.com/performance/optimizing-linux-memory-management-low-latency-high-throughput-databases#reproduce

OS I/O Path Optimizations for Flash Solid-state Drives

Stacking Blocks: Problems and Solutions with stacked block device drivers in Linux

iscsi
Step-by-Step: How to Set up a Low Cost SAN with the Linux Software iSCSI Target
How to set up and use iSCSI target on Linux

AoE
Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Ubuntu 12.04 (Initiator And Target)

Coding for SSDs
http://codecapsule.com/2014/02/12/coding-for-ssds-part-2-architecture-of-an-ssd-and-benchmarking/

LSFMM: I/O hints
http://lwn.net/Articles/548296/