Performance considerations for token ring networks

Author

Giambra, Timothy W.

Author_Institution

IBM Syst. Integration Div., Owego, NY, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

10/19/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

268

Lastpage

275

Abstract

After providing an introduction to LANs (local area networks), the author reviews some performance considerations for the IBM token ring local area network (TRN). A system developed to tune a distributed processing TRN is discussed in detail. Particular attention is given to the development of a benchmark that could simulate the requirements of an expert system, while at the same time exercising the file I/O over the token ring network. A custom benchmark was developed which combines and translates into PROLOG three of Gabriel´s LISP benchmarks: Browse, Fileprint, and Fileread. It is noted that the master/slave benchmark set-up used to measure remote response time could be implemented on almost any network with any LAN support software

Keywords

distributed processing; local area networks; performance evaluation; Browse; Fileprint; Fileread; IBM token ring local area network; LAN support software; LISP benchmarks; PROLOG; distributed processing; local area networks; master/slave benchmark; performance considerations; remote response time; token ring networks; Computer networks; Costs; Distributed computing; Distributed processing; Local area networks; Personal communication networks; Printers; Resource management; Token networks; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southern Tier Technical Conference, 1988., Proceedings of the 1988 IEEE

Conference_Location

Binghamton, NY

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/STIER.1988.95488

Filename

95488