Modeling overhead in servers with transactional workloads

Author

Curiel, Mariela ; Puigjaner, Ramon

Author_Institution

Dept. de Computacion, Simon Bolivar Univ., Caracas, Venezuela

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

189

Abstract

Our research focuses on reducing the computing time in large simulation models of client-server architectures by replacing server models by load dependent servers (LDSs), whose solution requires less computational effort. As these LDSs include overhead information, it is necessary to design a set of measurements for collecting overhead data. We are proposing a methodology that indicates how to reduce the amount of measurements and how to model overhead by means of regression analysis. In this work we explain how the methodology is applied to a workload composed of TPC-C transactions that runs in a server with Solaris 2.5 operating system (OS). Also, we describe the construction of the LDS. We compare the LDS predictions with measurements of the TPC-C benchmark

Keywords

client-server systems; digital simulation; network operating systems; statistical analysis; telecommunication computing; transaction processing; Solaris; TPC-C transactions; benchmark; client-server architectures; computing time; large simulation models; load dependent servers; operating system; regression analysis; server overhead modeling; transactional workloads; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Electronic switching systems; High-speed networks; Network servers; Operating systems; Performance analysis; Product development; Regression analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1999. Proceedings. 7th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

College Park, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0381-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASCOT.1999.805054

Filename

805054