Reliability and performance based measures for computer networks and distributed systems

Author

Ahuja, Sanjay P. ; Kimar, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bus., Union Coll., Barbourville, KY, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

4-7 Apr 1993

Firstpage

0.791666666666667

Abstract

A novel reliability measure which incorporates connectivity and performance parameters is developed for computer networks as an alternative to conventional reliability or performance based measures. The proposed measure, called the average network throughput per unit installed capacity, measures the traffic that can be reliably transferred between any pair of nodes in a network with unreliable components per unit installed capacity. This measure is extended to distributed computing systems. The two new measures related to distributed systems are called average distributed program throughput per unit installed capacity and average distributed system throughput per unit installed capacity. An algorithm to evaluate these three measures has been developed. Examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of these measures over conventional reliability measures

Keywords

computer network reliability; distributed processing; performance evaluation; telecommunication traffic; average distributed program throughput; average distributed system throughput; average network throughput; computer networks; connectivity; distributed systems; installed capacity; performance parameters; reliability measure; traffic; unreliable components; Capacity planning; Computer network reliability; Computer networks; Degradation; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; Measurement units; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '93, Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Charlotte, NC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1257-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1993.465695

Filename

465695