Simulation based performance analysis of web servers

Author

Wells, Lisa ; Christensen, Sprren ; Kristensen, Lars M. ; Mortensen, Kjeld H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Aarhus Univ., Denmark

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

68

Abstract

This paper presents a general framework for modeling distributed computing environments for performance analysis by means of Timed Hierarchical Coloured Petri Nets. The proposed framework was used to build and analyze a Coloured Petri Net model of a HTTP web server. Analysis of the performance of the web server model reveals how the web server will respond to changes in the arrival rate of requests, and alternative configurations of the web server model are examined. These are the results of a research project conducted in cooperation between the CPN Centre and Hewlett-Packard Corporation on capacity planning and performance analysis of distributed computing environments

Keywords

Internet; Petri nets; hypermedia; information resources; performance evaluation; transport protocols; HTTP web server; capacity planning; coloured Petri net model; distributed computing environments; simulation based performance analysis; timed hierarchical coloured Petri nets; web servers; Analytical models; Capacity planning; Computational modeling; Computer science; Distributed computing; Internet; Network servers; Performance analysis; Petri nets; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petri Nets and Performance Models, 2001. Proceedings. 9th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Aachen

ISSN

1063-6714

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1248-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PNPM.2001.953356

Filename

953356