The performance of a system is determined by its characteristics as well as by the composition of the load being processed. Hence, its quantitative description is a fundamental part of all performance evaluation studies. Several methodologies for the construction of workload models, which are functions of the objective o f the study, of the architecture of the system to be analyzed, and of the techniques adopted, are presented. A survey of a few applications of these methodologies to various types of systems (i.e., batch, interactive, database, network-based, parallel, supercomputer) is given.
A survey of techniques for construction of statistical workload models for different kinds of systems (database, network-based, parallel etc.) is presented in REF .
Workload Characterization: A Survey
Proceedings of the IEEE
Proceedings of the IEEE
Computer Science