Simulating dedicated UNIX PC-based application systems

Author

Szymanski, Boleslaw K. ; Azzaro, Steven H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

9-12 Dec. 1990

Firstpage

831

Lastpage

838

Abstract

An event-driven simulation model was developed to estimate the balance the hardware resources needed to support dedicated UNIX PC-based application systems. The authors describe the simulation approach, the software package developed, and the tool used to generate the model and collect data from it. Novel elements of this research include (1) simulation of software that reacts to changes in its external environment and (2) a methodology for using UNIX tools to estimate system characterization parameters. Results obtained using the model were validated by comparing them with data collected from an actual system.<>

Keywords

Unix; development systems; microcomputers; performance evaluation; virtual machines; UNIX tools; dedicated UNIX PC-based application systems; event-driven simulation model; hardware resources; simulation approach; software package; system characterization parameters; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Costs; Discrete event simulation; Hardware; Predictive models; Software packages; Software performance; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 1990. Proceedings., Winter

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-911801-72-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1990.129622

Filename

129622