CMG1995 Papers


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A Resource Occupancy Model For Evaluating Instrumentation System Overheads
Abdul Waheed, Herman D. Hughes, Diane T. Rover

Capacity Planning For Tape Drives: Learning To Count
Charles W. Hopf

DASD Subsystems: Evaluating Their Performance And Characteristics Through Benchmarking
Bill J. Nevill

Generating Representative Synthetic Workloads: An Unsolved Problem
Gregory R. Ganger

Introduction To Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Douglas H. Marden

IP Over SNA With Frame Relay - How To
Eddie Rabinovitch

Performance Analysis And Modeling Of A Windows NT Server
Virgilio Almeida, Gilberto Z. Fialho

Performance Modeling Of Large Transients In Computer Systems
Neil J. Gunther

The Structure And Evolution Of A Distributed Measurement Framework
Brian D. Noble

Who We Are - The 1994 CMG Conference Attendee Survey
James R. Cook

Capacity & Performance Management

A Case For A Knowledge-Based Performance Tuning Advisor
Prabhakara B. Bhat

A Delicate Balance: The Capacity-Performance Symbiosis
Jerry L. Rosenberg

A Federation-Oriented Capacity Management Methodology For LAN Environments
Daniel A. Menascé, Duane Dregits, Robert Rossin

A Methodology For The New CPE Paradigm In Large UNIX Networks
Mario F. Jauvin

A Performance Modeling Tool For A Client/Server Backup Product
Claudia Dragoescu, Felipe Cabrera

A UNIX Capacity/Performance Case Study
Robert E. Chaney

Alarm-Based vs. Historical Trending Performance Management or Really Large UNIX Installation Performance Management
Mario F. Jauvin

Assuring On-Going Performance Of Commercial UNIX Systems
Boris Geller

Capacity Planning Skills Migration From Mainframe To Client/Server
Joseph B. Major

Computers Don't Sweat Or Performance Metrics In The Distributed Computing Environment
James P. Quigley

Consider The Alternatives: Structuring A Proactive Performance And Capacity Plan
G. Jay Lipovich

DASD: Cost Or Consequences
Leonard W. Gunderson, Joan A. Arnold-Roksandich

Distributed System Analysis Case Study
Barbara H. Pendergrass, Robert N. Bonham

Establishing A Unix Mid-Range Capacity And Performance Management Environment
Joe E. Bell, Daniel W. McCord

Extending Capacity Management To UNIX And Other Platforms
Linwood Merritt

Giving CIO's A Useful Yardstick: Tracking Performance To Plan
G. Jay Lipovich

Internetwork Optimization: Microsegmentation Versus Latency
Martin A. Nemzow

Managing Distributed Processing
Bruce S. Fouracre, Dave Craver

Measuring The Response Time Of Distributed Applications
Mark W. Johnson

Modeling Considerations When Merging Computers
Jeffry A. Schwartz

Performance Analysis And Capacity Planning For Datacenter Parallelism
Neil J. Gunther

Performance Management In A Large Scale Client Server Environment: The Do's And Dont's - A Case Study
Tom H. MacFarland, Glen Bechtold

Performance Management In Large Scale Distributed UNIX Environments
Eric D. Ho

Performance Planning For Distributed Applications
Diana Szumilas, Sandra McCrady, Ron Leighton

Performance Reviews Of Client/Server Development
Thomas E. Bell, Fred C. Manthey

Preemptible SRBs: Understanding, Exploiting, And Managing Them
John E. Arwe

So You Think You're Safe Because You Ran a Benchmark
Ellen M. Friedman

SPE: A Methodology For Building Performance Into Client/Server Applications
Gene M. Leganza

The Design And Tuning Of Microsoft Windows 95
Herbert A. Chong

The Role Of Symmetry In The Parallel Sysplex
Irwin F. Kraus

Traffic Probes, RMON Entities, & Everything
George S. Hsieh

UNIX Metrics: Is The Data In Open Systems The Same From Platform To Platform
Bob Johnson

Database & Transaction Processing Systems

A Performance Monitoring And Capacity Planning Methodology For Transaction Processing Systems In A Distributed UNIX Environment
Rodney B. Wallace

CICSplex SM/ESA Implementation And Capacity Planning
David J. Young

DB2 Buffer Pool Tuning & Sizing - The Yellow Brick Road To Application Performance
Joel Goldstein

DB2 Buffer Pools And Page Sets: Matching Their Characteristics For Better Performance
Chuck Hoover

Emerging DB2 Optimizer Technology
Frank J. Ingrassia

Implementing Object Oriented Programming (OOP) In A Mainframe Environment
Patrick Morrison

Incremental Performance Analysis Of Client/Server Systems
Thomas E. Bell, Anne M. Falk

Modeling High Performance UNIX Servers
Michael R. Stadelmann

ORACLE, SYBASE, And INFORMIX: Metrics For Sizing, Planning, Monitoring And Tuning
Glynn B. Giacone

Sybase SQL Server Performance Considerations
Gene M. Leganza

Ten Steps To Better DB2 Performance
Edward A. Woods

Distributed Systems Management

Are You Managing Your Enterprise For Business Or Pleasure
Derek W. McKim-Smith, Jonathan C. Haworth

Automating Performance Management Using Case-Based Reasoning
Joseph L. Hellerstein

Backup In A Network Environment: A Window Of Vulnerability And Opportunity
Peter Liu

Client/Server Systems Management: So You Thought Client/Server Meant Easy
George W. Dodson

Intelligent Software Entities For Distributed Systems Management
George S. Hsieh

Measuring And Monitoring Business Transactions In An Open Systems Environment
Dave M. Glover, Doug McBride

More Help Is On The Way (Optimizing The Performance Of The Client/Server Help Desk)
Ruth V. Heidel

Performance & Capacity Analysis Of A Third-Party Client/Server Application
Jim Rosborough

Toward Successful Deployment Of IT Service Management In The Distributed Enterprise
Doug McBride

Large Systems

18-Track Tape Drive Performance Models
Eric G. Ohstrom, William G. Ohstrom

A Methodology To Characterize A VM I/O Workload
Leslie K. Hodge

A TCB/SRB Analysis Approach To Estimating CPU Productivity Through Fast I/O
Anthony G. Mungal

Batch Window Management Using Critical Path Analysis
Linwood Merritt

Benchmarking Electronic Office Systems
Alex E. Mericas, Joseph Marsh

Case Study Of Table-Top Sizing With Workload-Specific Estimates Of CPU Cache Performance
James W. McGalliard

Case Study Of Table-Top Sizing With Workload-Specific Estimates Of The Multi-Processor Effect
James W. McGalliard

Central Processor Life Extension Or Expectation Management 101
Gene Clem

Channel Programs In The Escon Environment
Jaco C. Van Wilgenburgh, Gilbert E. Houtekamer

Data Compression In A Mainframe World (Less Is More)
Clifford J. Goosmann

Effective Use Of MVS Workload Manager Controls
Peter A. Enrico, Edgar L. Berkel

How To Process SMF/RMF Data In A Windows And Windows NT Environment With Performance Comparisons To Mainframe Processing
George W. Turner, Steve A. Johnson

Introduction To Controller Performance Analysis
Ted McGavin

Looking To Improve Performance? The Solutions May Be Closer Than You Think
Gregory V. Caliri

Modeling Distributed Transaction Response Times As Impacted By In-Storage Buffer Accesses
Tim R. Norton

Modeling The Performance Budget - A Case Study
William Z. Zahavi

Modeling Workbench: Keeping Track Of Your Tools
Tim R. Norton

MVS DASD Survey: Results And Trends
Bruce McNutt

Performance Analysis For Capacity Planning - An Introduction
Ray Wicks

Practical Experience With Data Striping
Otto F. Noack, Rosie Jergovic, Craig S. Cole

RAID Systems: The Berkeley And MVS Perspectives
Gilbert E. Houtekamer

RAID: Competitive Advantages
Gilbert E. Houtekamer

Triad Of Computing In The 21st Century Or, Back To The Future Again
Bob Johnson

Management & Financial

A Financial Strategy For Configuration And Management Of A DFSMSHSM Environment
Mark P. Grinnell, Marge Falendysz

Chargeback: An Adventure In Re-engineering
Michael J. Machuga, Rick Lebsack

Creating Tools To Support An Efficiency Improvement Program
Linda N. Haitani, Mark Rascoe

Maximizing Value From Professional Services
Gail G. Greenspan

Outsourcing - What Is It Really Like
Joe Baur, Denise Walters

Using The World Wide Web As An Executive Information System
Larry Kayser

Modeling & Applied Statistics

Application Of The Performance Evaluation Simulator INSYDE To A Large-Scale Distributed System
Toshio Komatsu

Characterization Of Bursty Traffic
Nirdosh Bhatnagar

Evaluating The Performance Of Tomorrow's Disk Drive
Mike Wiebel, Pallavi Gholkar Homan

MASF - Multivariate Adaptive Statistical Filtering
Jeffrey P. Buzen, Annie W. Shum

Modeling Client/Server Applications
Thomas Confrey, Bernard Domanski

Performance Modeling For Designing Client/Server Systems
Edward A. MacNair, Stephen S. Lavenberg, Philip S. Yu

Power Laws In Large Shop DASD I/O Activity
David L. Peterson, Rick H. Grossman

Network & Interoperability

Clock Instability And Its Effect On Time Intervals In Performance Studies
Margaret A. Dietz, Carla Schlatter Ellis, C. Frank Starmer

Embracing Your ATM Network: Whether You Like It Or Not
Tachen Leo Lo

In Search of End-To-End Response Time
Richard S. Ralston

LAN Performance: Sniffing Out Results Without Dogging The User
Margaret R. Greenberg, Henry Steinhauer

Network Benchmarking Using Distributed Client/Server Pairs
Jozo J. Dujmovic, Robert E. Kinicki, Sanjay Subbanna

Network Performance Studies Of LAN-Based Applications
William M. Schrier

On The Design And Implementation Of A Capacity Management Tool For LAN Environments
Daniel A. Menascé, Duane Dregits

Performance Evaluation Of Congestion Control Mechanisms In ATM Networks
Hongbo Zhu, Luiz A. DaSilva, Joseph B. Evans

Scalability Of Ethernet Based Networks
Stephen M. Cheng

Using TCP/IP In A Client/Server Environment
Rayne Chen

Storage & I/O Subsystems

A Customer's View Of A DASD Designer's Bag Of Tricks: What To Consider When Selecting DASD Devices For Your Enterprise From .....
Dan L. Drake

A Simple LAN File Placement Strategy
Jitendra Padhye, Anirudha D. Rahatekar, Lawrence W. Dowdy

A Tale Of Two Vaults: Electronic Vaulting At Barnett Technologies
Michael L. Puldy

Adaptive Hierarchical RAID: A Solution To The RAID 5 Write Problem
Theresa A. Burkes, Bryan M. Diamond, Douglas L. Voigt

Analysis Of Disk Workloads In Network File Server Environments
John R. Heath, Stephen A. R. Houser

Do We Need Further Changes To Our DASD Paradigm
Dan L. Drake

Host Based Compression vs. Outboard Compression: A Strategic Fork In The Road To Data Interoperability
Bradley A. Cahill

I/O Performance Modelling & Evaluation: Giving Your Company The Competitive Edge
Raoul Blignaut, Mobin Waja

PDSEs: The Moe, The Larry, And The Curley
Alan B. Schulman, Jim G. Sherman, Anthony C. Waclawski

RAID Modeling Factors And Their Performance Implications
Yiping Ding, Subhash C. Agrawal

RAID, CAID And Virtual Disk Architecture And Concepts
Philip B. Berman

RAID-5 Performance And Tuning
David P. Griffith

Simple Models For Sizing Multi-Level Storage Hierarchies
Mark B. Friedman

The Three Dimensions Of Tape Capacity
Rick Lebsack

The Tip Of The Iceberg
Christian G. Nielsen, Gayle A. Phillips