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College of Engineering and Computer Science
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Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1995
Description
In this study, a tool has been developed which traces the storage subsystem workload at the subsystem level. Due to hardware assistance, this tool has very little overhead. This is achieved by incorporating the tracing routine in the microcode of the IBM SCSI adapter. The I/O traces are collected, in realtime, on a PS/2 connected to the modified SCSI adapter via an asynchronous link. These traces are then processed and studied. We have developed a scheme to characterize the workload by studying the parameters of the traced workload. These parameters include LBA distributions, interarrival time distribution, size distributions, ratios between read requests and write requests, adapter's cache performance, etc. In this study, workload characterization of storage subsystems in OS/2, AIX and NetWare environments was performed. An algorithm for synthesizing of the workload was also developed and implemented as part of this study.
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Form
Extent
122 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
15227
Additional Information
College of Engineering and Computer Science
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.S.C.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.
Date Backup
1995
Date Text
1995
Date Issued (EDTF)
1995
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FAU
FAU
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FADT15227
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monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Person Preferred Name
Ali, Ahmad A. J.
Graduate College
Physical Description
122 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
Storage subsystem workload characterization and synthesis
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Origin Information
1995
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
Storage subsystem workload characterization and synthesis
Other Title Info
Storage subsystem workload characterization and synthesis