Title :
Combined performance and availability analysis of a switched network application
Author :
Hunter, Steve ; Philip, Teebu ; Trivedi, Kishor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
As switched networks providing services to end users become more commonplace, the integral components of these networks must have an increasing level of dependability. One area of interest is determining the optimal number of network servers required for a switched network application by taking into consideration the characteristics of the network traffic and failure rate of the servers. A stochastic reward net model is developed for this purpose. Such models allow performance and availability measures to be combined
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; computer network reliability; local area networks; network servers; performance evaluation; switching networks; telecommunication traffic; availability analysis; dependability; failure rate; integral components; network servers optimal number; network traffic; performance; stochastic reward net model; switched network application; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Availability; Communication switching; LAN emulation; Local area networks; Network servers; Performance analysis; Power system modeling; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1997. ICC '97 Montreal, Towards the Knowledge Millennium. 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3925-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1997.605215
