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A synthetic workload model for a distributed system file server

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Robert Bodnarchuk,

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SIGMETRICS '91: Proceedings of the 1991 ACM SIGMETRICS conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems

Pages 50 - 59

https://doi.org/10.1145/107971.107978

Published: 02 April 1991 Publication History

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The accuracy of the results of any performance study depends largely on the quality of the workload model driving it. Not surprisingly then, workload modelling is an area of great interest to those involved in the study of computer system performance. While a significant amount of research has focussed on the modelling of workloads in a centralized computer system, little has been done in the context of distributed systems. The goal of this research was to model the workload of a distributed system file server in a UNIX/NFS environment. The resulting model is distribution-driven and generates workload components in real time. It runs externally to the system it drives, thus eliminating any interference at the server. The model was validated for different workload intensities to ensure that it provides the flexibility to vary the workload intensity without loss of accuracy.

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A synthetic workload model for a distributed system file server
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
    1. Model development and analysis
      1. Modeling methodologies
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems
        Memory management
        Distributed memory
    2. Software system structures
      1. Distributed systems organizing principles

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SIGMETRICS '91: Proceedings of the 1991 ACM SIGMETRICS conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems

April 1991

228 pages

ISBN:0897913922

DOI:10.1145/107971

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IBM Corp, Austin, TX

ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review Volume 19, Issue 1
May 1991
223 pages
ISSN:0163-5999
DOI:10.1145/107972
Editor:
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