Title :
Embedded instrumentation for evaluating task sharing performance in a distributed computing system
Author :
Rotithor, Hemant G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An example of application-level performance measurement on a distributed computing system using software-based instrumentation is considered. Embedded software instrumentation for measuring the performance of a decentralized adaptive task-sharing algorithm in a distributed computing system is described. For the application considered, the simplicity and flexibility provided by software-based instrumentation are demonstrated, and its limitations are discussed. Quantitative results obtained from the implementation on an experimental distributed computing system consisting of VAX stations connected by a local area network are presented
Keywords :
computerised instrumentation; distributed processing; performance evaluation; VAX; application-level performance measurement; decentralized adaptive task-sharing algorithm; distributed computing system; embedded instrumentation; local area network; software-based instrumentation; task sharing performance; Application software; Delay; Distributed computing; Embedded software; Event detection; Hardware; Instruments; Sampling methods; Software measurement; Software tools;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
