Performance analysis of distributed server systems.

Woodside, C. Murray; Franks, R.G.

doi:10.22215/etd/2000-04407

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“…For queueing network models the XMLbased interchange language PMIF described in [23] could be produced, which can then be input to queueing analysis tools. We are particularly interested in deriving LQN models [6], which can express the full resource context of each operation, in an XML definition language as described in [27]. An LQN model that was derived manually for the BSS example in this paper was described in [28], with an analysis that illustrates the use of the model to study bottlenecks and scalability.…”

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“…In other work, Kerber [9] has directly used Message Sequence Charts to create performance models. In [19] the present authors used an annotated version of Buhr's Use Case Maps [1] (a scenario language for software architecture) as the basis of an automated process for creating layered queuing models [6]. In the UML, Use Cases can describe intended behaviour in words, and this approach has been further developed by authors such as Carroll et al [3].…”

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An intermediate metamodel with scenarios and resources for generating performance models from UML designs

Petriu

Woodside

2006

Softw Syst Model

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Performance analysis of a software specification in a language such as UML can assist a design team in evaluating performance-sensitive design decisions and in making design trade-offs that involve performance. Annotations to the design based on the UML Profile for Schedulability, Performance and Time provide necessary information such as workload parameters for a performance model, and many different kinds of performance techniques can be applied. The Core Scenario Model (CSM) described here provides a metamodel for an intermediate form which correlates multiple UML diagrams, extracts the behaviour elements with the performance annotations, attaches important resource information that is obtained from the UML, and supports the creation of many different kinds of performance models. Models can be made using queueing networks, layered queues, timed Petri nets, and it is proposed to develop the CSM as an intermediate language for all performance formalisms. This paper defines the CSM and describes how it resolves questions that arise in performance model-building. Performance analysis of software specificationsPreliminary performance analysis can be effective not only in avoiding performance disasters in software projects [24], but in understanding the many design tradeoffs that involve performance. There are many suitable modeling techniques, which are surveyed in [2], however, the time and effort necessary to create the performance models may be prohibitive. The UML Profile for schedulability, performance and time (SPT) [14] was developed to assist in the capture of performance data, and in the automation of the model-building step. This should make the analysis more accessible to developers who are concerned about performance issues in their designs. Fig. 1 illustrates the type of processing that is envisaged by the SPT Profile.The SPT Profile addresses a broad range of applications, from embedded systems with schedulability concerns (as described by Liu [11]), to applications with statistical performance requirements, such as telecommunications, business systems and web services. The Core Scenario Model (CSM) defined here supports building performance models from the specifications of such systems.The change of perspective from a functional specification model in UML to a performance model is profound and requires a re-orientation of the model information. Resources, which are peripheral in functional specification, are central for performance. Performance is determined by the way operations use resources (which resources, for how long, and in what order). The CSM metamodel expresses resource-centric models, which may be derived from UML via the SPT Profile, in a precise way which supports the generation of different kinds of performance models.

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An intermediate metamodel with scenarios and resources for generating performance models from UML designs

Petriu

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2006

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“…For space constraints, we limit our focus in this article to the most relevant work which uses SPE practices in the context of stress testing (e.g., [2,16]), and distributed real-time systems (e.g., [17,18]). For a more comprehensive survey of related work, readers are referred to [19].…”

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“…There are a variety of approaches to applying SPE practices to distributed real-time systems (e.g., [17,18]). The work in [17] presents a toolset for performance engineering of client-server systems.…”

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Experience and challenges with UML-driven performance engineering of a Distributed Real-Time System

Garousi

2010

Information and Software Technology

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“…This work considers detecting and reacting only to crash-stop failures, in which an entity becomes inactive after failure, and not to other complex failure modes such as Byzantine failures [15]. The solution strategy for obtaining the expected reward rate of the system in this paper involves state-space enumeration and combines minpaths generation algorithms, AND-OR graph analysis and a Layered Queueing Analysis [16].…”

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Analyzing the effectiveness of fault-management architectures in layered distributed systems

Das

Woodside

2004

Performance Evaluation

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Performance analysis of distributed server systems.

Cited by 76 publications

References 7 publications

An intermediate metamodel with scenarios and resources for generating performance models from UML designs

An intermediate metamodel with scenarios and resources for generating performance models from UML designs

Experience and challenges with UML-driven performance engineering of a Distributed Real-Time System

Analyzing the effectiveness of fault-management architectures in layered distributed systems

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