Preload — An Adaptive Prefetching Daemon by Behdad Esfahbod A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Graduate Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Copyright c 2006 by Behdad Esfahbod Abstract Preload — An Adaptive Prefetching Daemon Behdad Esfahbod Master of Science Graduate Department of Computer Science University of Toronto 2006