Analyzing Computer Systems Performance (Hardcover)

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.