Using operational standards to enhance system performance

  • Authors:
  • David R. Vincent

  • Affiliations:
  • Boole & Babbage, Sunnyvale, California

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '82 Proceedings of the June 7-10, 1982, national computer conference
  • Year:
  • 1982

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Abstract

There are only three reasons for a data center to vary from service level objectives, i.e., volume, mix, and efficiency. The first two are aspects of user behavior, while only the third is under the full control of the data center. With the proliferation of online systems, user behavior is affecting the data center in realtime. Management processes, technology and software tools exist to provide the basis for scientific management of the data center. Key to this endeavor is the ability to model the system and present in graphic form the relationship between the system and user behavior characteristics. This paper points out the source of data, existing software tools, and graphic methods and includes data and the results from a study and simulation of a data center.