Title :
Predicting client/server availability
Author_Institution :
Tandem Comput. Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Client/server availability is a complex issue due to the many possible configurations of client/server environments and failure modes of client, server, and network devices. Such complexity makes it difficult to properly account for availability in client/server architectural design. I present a methodology and data to help design engineers evaluate client/server availability. I evaluate client/server outage data, indicate the most important outage causes in a client/server environment, and discuss methods for improving client/server availability
Keywords :
client-server systems; computer network reliability; performance evaluation; software performance evaluation; software reliability; system recovery; client/server architectural design; client/server availability prediction; client/server outage data; design engineers; failure modes; network devices; outage causes; Application software; Availability; Bridges; Data engineering; Databases; Design engineering; Hardware; Intelligent networks; Network servers; Software maintenance;
