2G1126 Distributed Computer Systems, 10p, 2002/2003

Module on Performance Evaluation of Distributed systems

 

Professor Rassul Ayani, email: rassul@imit.kth.se

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Description

The objective of this module is familiarizing the students with various evaluation techniques. It  focuses  on evaluating performance of distributed computer systems and consists of three parts: performance of single server systems, performance of systems with multiple servers and performance of Word Wide Web as a case study.

  

Reference Text books:

  1. Discrete-Event System Simulation
    by Banks, Carson, Nelson and Nicol, Third Edition,
    Prentice-Hall 2001, ISBN: 0-13-088702-1
    http://www.bcnn.net/
  2. Capacity planning for Web services: metrics, models, and methods
    by D.A. Menance and V.A.F Almedia
    Prentice-Hall 12002, ISBN    0-13-065903-7
    http://cs.gmu.edu/faculty/menasce.html

Literature on simulation:
http://www.informs-cs.org/wsc02papers/prog02.htm#AT
http://www.informs-cs.org/wsc02papers/prog02.htm#IT

Assessment

 

There in no written exam for this module. The assessment is based on active participation in the course and two project assignments (PAs).  The PAs will be done as team work. Each team consists of 3-4 students. They must be delivered on time and the students are expected to actively  participate in the discussions.

·           Active participation         30%

·           Project assignment 1       30%

·           Project assignment 2      40%

Assignment 1- simulation of single server systems

Assignment 2- Performance evaluation of a mobile communication system

 

Important deadlines:

·           25/3 Build your project group

·           5/4 report on assignment 1 is due

·           8/4 Presentation of assignment 1 results

·           5/5 report on assignment 2 is due

·           13/5 presentation of assignment 2 results

 

 

Instructors:

Professor Rassul Ayani, Professor

Department of Microelectronics and Information Technology

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

SE-164 40 Kista, Stockholm, SWEDEN

Email: rassul@it.kth.se 

  

Module/ Schedule/Slides: (See Schedule)

 

Lecture

topic

slide

literature

 

Performance evaluation of computer systems using DES

 

 

L1

Introduction to discrete event simulation (DES)

 

Inro to simulation

L2

Random number generation techniques

 

 

L3

Input data modeling

 

Input data modeling

L4

Output data analysis

 

output data analysis

L5

Parallel and distributed Discrete event Simulation (PADS)

 

PDES

 

Performance of multiple servers systems

 

 

L6

Performance issues in parallel/distributed systems

 

 

L7

Project presentation by students

 

 

L8

Project presentation by students

 

 

L9

Workload-driven performance evaluation

 

 

L10

Performance analysis of WWW

 

 

L11

Project presentation by students

 

 

L12

Project presentation by students