Modeling and design analysis of a workstation LAN server

Author

Shih, F. Warren ; Chow, Jyh-Hertig ; Ong, Shauchi ; Hu, Limin

Author_Institution

Workstation Syst. Lab., IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

22-24 May 1991

Firstpage

329

Lastpage

333

Abstract

Describes the development of a trace-driven performance model for a PS/2 token-ring file server. The target system consists of a token ring network, a PS/2 file server, and several requesters. The authors have derived a high level behavioral model for the server hard disk and disk cache, which enable one to study the server performance and request response times under different patterns of network traffic and configurations. The model simulation results have been used for analyzing the design trade-off of network components and for the capacity planning and performance tuning of a LAN server

Keywords

IBM computers; file servers; local area networks; performance evaluation; token networks; PS/2 token-ring file server; capacity planning; design trade-off; disk cache; high level behavioral model; network traffic; performance tuning; server hard disk; server performance; trace-driven performance model; workstation LAN server; Analytical models; Delay; File servers; Hard disks; Local area networks; Network servers; Telecommunication traffic; Token networks; Traffic control; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications, 1991. Proceedings of Technical Papers, 1991 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Taipei

ISSN

1524-766X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0036-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTSA.1991.246738

Filename

246738