Computer Systems Performance Evaluation and Prediction

Network architectures, 8-9, 54-57

bridges, 56-57

interface elements, 54-56

Network component analysis, 445-93

analytical modeling examples, 448-63

introduction, 445-48

LAN simulation modeling, 463-93

summary, 493

Network interface units (NIUs), 54

Network management software, 79-82

access control, 80

addressing, 80

client/server policies, 81

defined, 79

naming, 80

protection, 80-81

remote procedure call policies, 81-82

routing, 80

Network performance tests, 315-19

Networks, 19-22

ARPANET, 20

bus-structured LCN, 465-66

bus topology, 57-58

closed, 219-24

communication lines, 468

components, 466

composition, 464

database model, 13-14

defined, 19-20, 463

evolution of, 19-23

formation, 54

generalized distributed, 466

host processors, 467

interconnection structures, 464, 469-70

interface units, 467-68

LANs, 121-22

message transmissions, 469

queues, 467

ring topology, 58-59

size, 463-64

star topology, 59

topologies, 57-59

WANs, 22

wireless, 22

Network servers, 312

Network service time

defined, 314

illustrated, 318

Networks of queues, 219-27

closed networks, 219-24

computational methods, 233-39

open networks, 224-27

three-stage, 219, 220

Network throughput

defined, 314

illustrated, 318

Neumann architecture, 59

Next event simulation, 482

Nodal activity events, 478-79

Normal distribution, 130

NT file system (NTFS), 366

Null hypothesis, 227, 231, 232