Performance by Design: Computer Capacity Planning By Example - page 1
- Performance by Design: Computer Capacity Planning by Example
- Performance by Design: Computer Capacity Planning by Example
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Goal, Theme, and Approach
- Part I: The Practice of Performance Engineering
- Chapter 1. Computer System Lifecycle
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 QoS in IT Systems
- 1.3 System Life Cycle
- 1.4 A Reference Model for IT Systems
- 1.5 Concluding Remarks
- 1.6 Exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 2. From Systems to Descriptive Models
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Modeling
- 2.3 A Simple Database Server Example
- 2.4 The Database Server Example: Multiple Classes
- 2.5 The Database Server Example: Open and Closed Classes
- 2.6 The Database Server Example: a Mixed Model
- 2.7 The Database Server Example: Types of Resources
- 2.8 The Database Server Example: Blocking
- 2.9 The Database Server Example: Software Contention
- 2.10 Database Example: Simultaneous Resource Possession
- 2.11 Database Example: Class Switching
- 2.12 Database Example: Queuing Disciplines
- 2.13 QN Models
- 2.14 Concluding Remarks
- 2.15 Exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3. Quantifying Performance Models
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Basic Performance Results
- 3.3 Bounds on Performance
- 3.4 Using QN Models
- 3.5 Concluding Remarks
- 3.6 Exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 4. Performance Engineering Methodology
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Performance Engineering
- 4.3 Motivating Example
- 4.4 A Model-based Methodology
- 4.5 Workload Model
- 4.6 Performance Models
- 4.7 Specifying Performance Objectives
- 4.8 Concluding Remarks
- 4.9 Exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 5. Case Study I: A Database Service
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Database Service Example
- 5.3 Building a Performance Model
- 5.4 Using the Model
- 5.5 Monitoring Tools
- 5.6 Measurements Techniques
- 5.7 Obtaining Input Parameters
- 5.8 Concluding Remarks
- 5.9 Exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 6. Case Study II: A Web Server
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 The Web Server
- 6.3 Preliminary Analysis of the Workload
- 6.4 Building a Performance Model
- 6.5 Using the Model
- 6.6 Secure Downloads
- 6.7 Experimental Comparison of Two Servers
- 6.8 Concluding Remarks
- 6.9 Exercises
- Bibliography
- Chapter 7. Case Study III: A Data Center
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The Data Center
- 7.3 Building a Model
- 7.4 Using the Model
- 7.5 Another Modeling Approach
- 7.6 A Cost Analysis
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