Title :
A Mean Value Analysis approach to transaction performance evaluation on multi-server systems
Author :
Cavendish, Dirceu ; Oie, Yuji ; Koide, Hiroshi ; Gerla, Mario
Author_Institution :
Network Design Res. Center, Kyushu Inst. of Technol., Iizuka, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduce a mean value analysis based methodology for performance evaluation of transactions executed in a multi server distributed system. We first present probabilistic arguments to investigate under which conditions MVA models provide worst case response times, without large overshoots. Then, we show how to characterize the distributed server system so as to construct a model to predict response times as well as estimate system capacity. Finally, we exemplify the methodology usage via transactions implemented in two distributed Linux systems.
Keywords :
Linux; distributed processing; file servers; performance evaluation; distributed Linux system; mean value analysis approach; multiserver distributed system; probabilistic argument; system capacity estimation; transaction performance evaluation; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer science; Delay; Design engineering; Network servers; Performance analysis; Predictive models; Queueing analysis; Routing; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 2009. ISCC 2009. IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4672-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1346
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.2009.5202404
