Overview

Makes performance analysis and queueing theory concepts simple to understand and available to anyone with a background in high school algebra Presents the practical application of these concepts in the context of modern, distributed, computer system designs Packed with helpful examples that are based on the author's experience analyzing the performance of large-scale systems over the past 20 years.

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Author:   Neil J. Gunther
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.420kg
ISBN:  

9783642058837

ISBN 10:   3642058833
Pages:   459
Publication Date:   16 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I System Theory: Time - The Zeroth Performance Metric; Getting the Jump on Queueing; Queueing Systems for Computer Systems; Linux Load Average - Take a Load Off!; Performance Bounds and Log Jams.- Part II System Practice: Pretty Damn Quick: A Slow Introduction; Analyzing Multicomputer Architectures; How to Measure an Elephant with PDQ; Analyzing Client/Server Applications; Analyzing Web Applications with PDQ.- Part III Appendices: Glossary of Terms; A Short History of Buffers; Thanks for the (Lack of) Memories; Performance Metrics and Tools; List of Programs; Compendium of Queueing Equations; Solutions to Selected Exercises.- References.- Index.

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From the reviews: The literature of computer performance analysis is generally composed of two groups: heavy theoretical treatises and performance cookbooks. ! Surprisingly, this book is exceptionally well balanced between theory and practice ! . I strongly recommend this book, both for the novice practitioner and for the experienced performance analyst. Both can extract a vast array of benefits, ranging from understanding the theoretical concepts of performance modeling, to building for themselves a powerful modeling tool ! . (Jair Merlo, Computing Reviews, May, 2005)

Author Information

Neil Gunther, M.Sc., Ph.D. is a leading industry computer performance consultant who founded Performance Dynamics Company (www.perfdynamics.com) in 1994. Prior to that, Dr. Gunther held research and management positions at San Jose State University, JPL/NASA (Voyager and Galileo spacecraft), Xerox PARC research center and Pyramid/Siemens Technology. His performance and capacity planning classes have been presented at such organizations as Boeing, Fedex, Motorola, Stanford University, and Sun Microsystems. Dr. Gunther is the author of over a hundred papers on computer performance topics, including HIT-AND-RUN TACTICS ENABLE GUERRILLA CAPACITY PLANNING, published recently in IEEE IT Professional magazine. He has also written the book THE PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE ANALYST (iUniverse.com 2000). In 1996 he was awarded Best Technical Paper at CMG, and in 1997 was nominated for the A.A. Michelson Award. Dr. Gunther is a member of the AMS, ACM, CMG, IEEE, SAGE-AU, SIGMETRICS and USENIX.

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