Title :
A measurement methodology to calibrate analytical models including operating system overhead
Author :
Curiel, Mariela ; Puigjaner, Ramon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Balearic Islands Univ., Palma, Spain
Abstract :
The paper focuses on reducing completion time in large simulation models by replacing some of their elements with analytically determined solutions. In particular, we study realistic analytical server models that include operating system overhead. This overhead will be determined by measuring the behaviour of a representative workload. We propose a methodology to reduce the number of measurements based on information provided by an analytical workload model. The calibration of the model is also presented. As workload, the TPC-C benchmark was chosen due to our interest in transactional systems
Keywords :
calibration; operating systems (computers); performance evaluation; virtual machines; TPC-C benchmark; analytical model calibration; analytical workload model; analytically determined solutions; completion time; large simulation models; measurement methodology; operating system overhead; realistic analytical server models; representative workload; transactional systems; Analytical models; Availability; Computer science; Electrical capacitance tomography; Information systems; Mathematics; Operating systems; Parallel architectures; Performance analysis; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1998. Proceedings. Sixth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8566-2
DOI :
10.1109/MASCOT.1998.693703
