• DocumentCode
    1114124
  • Title

    An Analytic Response Time Model For Single-and Dual-Density Disk Systems

  • Author

    Franklin, Mark A. ; Sen, Amitava

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Washington University
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    1269
  • Lastpage
    1276
  • Abstract
    The question of replacing a single-density, two-channel, two-controller disk system with a cheaper, plug-compatible, dual-density, single-channel system having the same capacity is considered. An analytical model is explored to examine the effect of such a replacement on average response time, that is, the time between issuing an I/O request and completion of the request. Queueing theory is used to obtain curves of response time versus arrival rate, and the results are compared with corresponding curves obtained by a simulation model.
  • Keywords
    Disk arm contention, equipment replacement, M G 1 queues, queueing models, response times, single-and dual-density disks.; Analytical models; Application software; Arm; Computational modeling; Costs; Delay; Disk drives; Hardware; Queueing analysis; System performance; Disk arm contention, equipment replacement, M G 1 queues, queueing models, response times, single-and dual-density disks.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-C.1974.223846
  • Filename
    1672439