11th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems (MASCOTS'03)
An integrated performance model of disk arrays
Orlando, Florida
October 12-October 15
ISBN: 0-7695-2039-1
All enterprise storage systems depend on disk arrays to satisfy their capacity, reliability, and availability requirements. Performance models of disk arrays are useful in understanding the behavior of these storage systems and predicting their performance. We extend prior disk array modeling work by developing an analytical disk array model that incorporates the effects of workload sequentiality, read-ahead caching, write-back caching, and other complex optimizations incorporated into most disk arrays. The model is computationally simple and scales easily, making it potentially useful to performance engineers.
Citation:
Elizabeth Varki, Arif Merchant, Jianzhang Xu, Xiaozhou Qiu, "An integrated performance model of disk arrays," mascots, pp.296, 11th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems (MASCOTS'03), 2003