Computer and Database Location in Distributed Computer Systems
IEEE Transactions on Computers
A Comprehensive Model for the Design of Distributed Computer Systems
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Virtual private networks: technologies and solutions
Virtual private networks: technologies and solutions
Performance Guarantees for Web Server End-Systems: A Control-Theoretical Approach
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
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Scaling for E Business: Technologies, Models, Performance, and Capacity Planning
Scaling for E Business: Technologies, Models, Performance, and Capacity Planning
A cost-oriented approach for infrastructural design
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Applied computing
User-level QoS-adaptive resource management in server end-systems
IEEE Transactions on Computers
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The selection of a cost-minimizing combination of hardware and network components that satisfy requirements is a complex design problem with multiple degrees of freedom. Decisions must be made on how to distribute the computing load onto multiple computers and where to locate computers. This paper provides an overall methodology for combining hardware and network design in a single cost-minimization problem for multi-site computer systems. Costs are minimized by applying a heuristic optimization approach to a sound decomposition of the problem. Verifications consider several test cases with different computing and communication requirements. Cost reductions are evaluated by comparing the cost of methodological results with those of architectural solutions obtained by applying professional design guidelines.