Abstract
This paper develops a model and an algorithm to evaluate the effects of resource locking on the performance of internet applications. Resource locking is the phenomenon in which, after a request is sent, a front-end server is kept busy until the request's processing is completed at a secondary external server. This is related to, but different from, blocking in queueing networks and has significant capacity implications. The algorithm developed enables evaluation of a simplified Markov model for the system. The model is evaluated by benchmarking against simulation. The results can be used to aid performance evaluation, capacity planning and management.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 355-378 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | International Journal of Operational Research |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Capacity planning
- Internet applications
- Queueing
- Resource locking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Science and Operations Research