Table of Contents | Performance by Design: Computer Capacity Planning By Example



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Performance by Design: Computer Capacity Planning by Example

By Daniel A. Menascé, Virgilio A.F. Almeida, Lawrence W. Dowdy

Publisher

: Prentice Hall PTR

Pub Date

: January 05, 2004

ISBN

: 0-13-090673-5

Pages

: 552

Slots

: 2.0

Preface

Goal, Theme, and Approach

Part I: The Practice of Performance Engineering

Chapter 1. Computer System Lifecycle

Section 1.1. Introduction

Section 1.2. QoS in IT Systems

Section 1.3. System Life Cycle

Section 1.4. A Reference Model for IT Systems

Section 1.5. Concluding Remarks

Section 1.6. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 2. From Systems to Descriptive Models

Section 2.1. Introduction

Section 2.2. Modeling

Section 2.3. A Simple Database Server Example

Section 2.4. The Database Server Example: Multiple Classes

Section 2.5. The Database Server Example: Open and Closed Classes

Section 2.6. The Database Server Example: a Mixed Model

Section 2.7. The Database Server Example: Types of Resources

Section 2.8. The Database Server Example: Blocking

Section 2.9. The Database Server Example: Software Contention

Section 2.10. Database Example: Simultaneous Resource Possession

Section 2.11. Database Example: Class Switching

Section 2.12. Database Example: Queuing Disciplines

Section 2.13. QN Models

Section 2.14. Concluding Remarks

Section 2.15. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 3. Quantifying Performance Models

Section 3.1. Introduction

Section 3.2. Basic Performance Results

Section 3.3. Bounds on Performance

Section 3.4. Using QN Models

Section 3.5. Concluding Remarks

Section 3.6. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 4. Performance Engineering Methodology

Section 4.1. Introduction

Section 4.2. Performance Engineering

Section 4.3. Motivating Example

Section 4.4. A Model-based Methodology

Section 4.5. Workload Model

Section 4.6. Performance Models

Section 4.7. Specifying Performance Objectives

Section 4.8. Concluding Remarks

Section 4.9. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 5. Case Study I: A Database Service

Section 5.1. Introduction

Section 5.2. Database Service Example

Section 5.3. Building a Performance Model

Section 5.4. Using the Model

Section 5.5. Monitoring Tools

Section 5.6. Measurements Techniques

Section 5.7. Obtaining Input Parameters

Section 5.8. Concluding Remarks

Section 5.9. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 6. Case Study II: A Web Server

Section 6.1. Introduction

Section 6.2. The Web Server

Section 6.3. Preliminary Analysis of the Workload

Section 6.4. Building a Performance Model

Section 6.5. Using the Model

Section 6.6. Secure Downloads

Section 6.7. Experimental Comparison of Two Servers

Section 6.8. Concluding Remarks

Section 6.9. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 7. Case Study III: A Data Center

Section 7.1. Introduction

Section 7.2. The Data Center

Section 7.3. Building a Model

Section 7.4. Using the Model

Section 7.5. Another Modeling Approach

Section 7.6. A Cost Analysis

Section 7.7. Concluding Remarks

Section 7.8. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 8. Case Study IV: An E-Business Service

Section 8.1. Introduction

Section 8.2. The E-Business Service

Section 8.3. The E-Business Workload

Section 8.4. Building a Performance Model

Section 8.5. Using the Performance Model

Section 8.6. Adding More Servers

Section 8.7. Concluding Remarks

Section 8.8. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 9. Case Study V: A Help-Desk Service

Section 9.1. Introduction

Section 9.2. The Help Desk Service

Section 9.3. A Performance Model

Section 9.4. Techniques for SPE

Section 9.5. Concluding Remarks

Section 9.6. Exercises

Bibliography

Part II: The Theory of Performance Engineering

Chapter 10. Markov Models

Section 10.1. Introduction

Section 10.2. Modeling Context

Section 10.3. Motivating Examples

Section 10.4. Model Construction

Section 10.5. Model Solution

Section 10.6. Model Interpretation

Section 10.7. Model Assumptions and Limitations

Section 10.8. Generalized Birth-Death Models

Section 10.9. Beyond the Basics

Section 10.10. Chapter Summary

Section 10.11. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 11. Single Queue Systems

Section 11.1. Introduction

Section 11.2. Single Queue Single Server Systems

Section 11.3. The M/M/1 Queue

Section 11.4. The M/G/1 Queue

Section 11.5. M/G/1 with Vacations

Section 11.6. M/G/1 with Priorities

Section 11.7. Approximation Results

Section 11.8. Concluding Remarks

Section 11.9. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 12. Single Class MVA

Section 12.1. Introduction

Section 12.2. MVA Development

Section 12.3. The MVA Algorithm

Section 12.4. Balanced Systems

Section 12.5. MVA Extensions and Limitations

Section 12.6. Chapter Summary

Section 12.7. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 13. Queuing Models with Multiple Classes

Section 13.1. Introduction

Section 13.2. The Need for Multiple-Class Models

Section 13.3. Simple Two-Class Model

Section 13.4. Notation and Assumptions

Section 13.5. Closed Models

Section 13.6. Open Models

Section 13.7. Mixed Models

Section 13.8. Concluding Remarks

Section 13.9. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 14. Queuing Models with Load Dependent Devices

Section 14.1. Introduction

Section 14.2. Motivating Example

Section 14.3. Single Class Models with LD Devices

Section 14.4. Multiclass Closed Models with LD Devices

Section 14.5. Multiclass Open Models with LD Devices

Section 14.6. Flow-Equivalent Server Method

Section 14.7. Concluding Remarks

Section 14.8. Exercises

Bibliography

Chapter 15. Non Product-Form Queuing Models

Section 15.1. Introduction

Section 15.2. Modeling High Service Time Variability

Section 15.3. Modeling Blocking Effects

Section 15.4. Modeling Priority Scheduling

Section 15.5. Modeling Software Contention

Section 15.6. Modeling Fork/Join Queuing Networks

Section 15.7. Concluding Remarks

Section 15.8. Exercises

Bibliography