CMG1996 Papers


Capacity & Performance Techniques

Data Mining The Original Data Warehouse: Twenty-Five Years And A Million Lines of SAS Later
Barry Merrill

Designing High-Performance Distributed Applications Using Software Performance Engineering: A Tutorial
Connie U. Smith

Discovering The Relationships Between Metrics
Bernard Domanski

Introduction To Capacity Management Techniques
Linwood Merritt

Methodology For System Performance Evaluation
Tomoyuki Kawano, Kazuhiko Baba

MQSeries-A Business Solution For The 90's
Clayton S. Ching

Storing And Using Performance Data From Multiple Platforms
Linwood Merritt

The Future Looks Bright For DIM
Mark B. Friedman, Bob Shannon

Understanding The MP Effect: Multiprocessing In Pictures
Neil J. Gunther

Database & Transaction Processing

CICS Dynamic Transaction Routing: Methods And Techniques
Steven R. Hackenberg

DB2 Databases: Searching Out The Hot Spots
Edward A. Woods

DB2 Version 3 & 4 Performance Metrics
Joel Goldstein

Oracle, Sybase, And Informix: Metrics For Sizing, Planning, Monitoring And Tuning
Glynn B. Giacone

Sysplex & DB2 Version 4 Data Sharing
David A. Beulke

Tickets To The Ball Park Fast Estimating Techniques For DB2/MVS
Chuck Hoover

Distributed Systems

A Benchmark Comparing UNIX And Window NT For Decision Support With Oracle RDBMS
Rayne Chen

A Real World Client/Server Capacity Study
Bob Chaney Jr.

An Approach To Open Systems Capacity Management
Mike Tsykin, Christopher D. Langshaw

Capacity Management Of Distributed Windows NT Servers
Richard D. Austin

Client-Server Performance Management: Evolution Or Revolution
Adam Grummitt

Client/Server End-To-End Response Time: Real Life Experience
Mark M. Maccabee

Is 32-Bit Application Performance As Good As Expected
Jeffry A. Schwartz

Managing A Shared Server-Issues And Stress Points
Matthew F. Haley

Managing Your Memory In Solaris And AIX
Chris B. Hull

Measurement And Analysis Of Client/Server Systems
Steve Franklin

Measurement And Analysis Of Process & Workload CPU Time In UNIX Environments
Subhash C. Agrawal, Kenneth Newman, Michael Forsyth, Yefim Somin

Object-Oriented Approach To Performance Management In A Distributed Environment
Subhash C. Agrawal, Amr Hafez, Albert J. Parent, Richard Schoeller

Operational Needs for Software Products That Manage Batch Workloads and Distributed Computers
Larry Roche, Henry Newman, Johannes Grawe

Response Time And Resource Budgeting In A Client/Server Application
Dennis Moya, Prabuddha Biswas

RS/6000 Processor Performance Modeling A Methodology For IBM RISC 6000 Model 990 Modeling And Performance Evaluation
John R. Zaleski

SAP R/3 In A UNIX Environment: A Case Study For Client/Server Capacity Planning
Glynn B. Giacone, Javier Munoz

The Case For Personal Computers As Workstations
Timothy J. Gibson, Ethan L. Miller

The Long And Winding Road To AIX Performance Tuning
Andrea L. Glaser

UNIX Performance Management: It Doesn't Have To Cost A Fortune
Jaqueline A. Lynch

UNIX Workload Characterization Using Process Accounting
James P. Bouhana

Enterprise Technology Management

A Manager's Framework For Enterprise Resource Management
George I. Thompson

A Method For Evaluation And Selection Of Complex Hardware And Software Systems
Jozo J. Dujmovic

A Synthesis Of System Analysis And Performance Engineering
Robert J. Michalsky

Automated Enterprise Systems Reporting Using Microsoft EXCEL VBA
Kaison Yen

Beyond The Numbers: The Human Side Of Capacity Planning
Linda Libby

Challenges Of Capacity Planning In A Distributed Environment
Amy W. Apon

Clearing The Fog: Getting The Value Out Of Your Distributed Computing Assets
Steve F. Kuekes

Computer Resource Management Using Statistical Quality Methods
Glen W. Delvecchio

Gaining Management Control Of Client/Server Environments
George W. Dodson

If It's Client/Server, It Must Be Time To CYA (Control Your Assets)
Ruth V. Heidel

Outsourcing Network Management: Why, When, How
Eddie Rabinovitch

Tele-Winds Of Change
James W. Tummins

I/O Subsystems

Analyzing, Tuning, And Planning For Hybrid Tape Subsystems
William T. Gray

Banking On Technology: How The Implementation Of Sequential Data Striping And Hardware Data Compression Can Bring Benefit To The Bottom Line
Steve W. Mawhinney, Catherine S. Nolan

Cache Residency Time: Pragmatic Approach Versus Approximation Technique
Win J. Bowman

Data Center I/O Patterns And Power Laws
David L. Peterson

Description Of New DASD Technology
Thomas Beretvas

High Availability I/O Subsystems: A Comparison Of Remote Copy Approaches
Anthony G. Mungal

I/O Reference Patterns At Extended Time Scales: An Empirical Study
Bruce McNutt

Managing UNIX I/O Subsystems
Robert H. Johnson

On The Relationship Of Server Disk Workloads And Client File Requests
John R. Heath, Stephen A. R. Houser

Open Systems, Storage, And Performance (For The Mainframe Mind)
John G. Aschoff

Optimizing Database Allocations
Junro Nose, Mikio Kiyota

Sibling PEND: Like A Wheel Within A Wheel
H. Pat Artis

Sled Is Dead, RAID Is Staid, Virtual Disk is Reality
Heather M. Butchart

Tape Configurations And Volume Stacking
Gilbert E. Houtekamer

Tape Performance Management
Clifford J. Goosmann

Tape Performance Tools: A Requirement For The Future
Diana Lubow

Tape! What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
John N. Clarke

The Eight Commandments Of Storage Management
Wayne A. Schumack

Three Methods For Cache Sizing Too Much, Too Little, And Just Right
David P. Griffith

Internet

Capacity Planning for Web-Based Internet Business Services
Eric D. Ho, Michael E. Matchett

Experiences With The AT&T Internet Difference Engine
Fred Douglis

Internet Payment Systems
Dipto Chakravarty, Salam Dahbour

IT Service Management For World Wide Web Sites
Daniel J. Squillace, Don O. Koch

Performance Analysis Of A WWW Server
Virgílio A. F. Almeida, Jussara M. Almeida, Cristina D. Murta

Performance Monitoring And Capacity Planning For Web Servers
Rodney B. Wallace, Tyrone E. McKoy Jr.

The Performance Impact Of Web Browsers
Yiping Ding, Subhash C. Agrawal

UNIX Web Server Performance Analysis
Michael R. Stadelmann, Subhash C. Agrawal

Intranet & World Wide Web

Capacity Planning for Web-Based Internet Business Services
Eric D. Ho, Michael E. Matchett

Experiences With The AT&T Internet Difference Engine
Fred Douglis

Internet Payment Systems
Dipto Chakravarty, Salam Dahbour

IT Service Management For World Wide Web Sites
Daniel J. Squillace, Don O. Koch

Performance Analysis Of A WWW Server
Virgílio A. F. Almeida, Jussara M. Almeida, Cristina D. Murta

Performance Monitoring And Capacity Planning For Web Servers
Rodney B. Wallace, Tyrone E. McKoy Jr.

The Performance Impact Of Web Browsers
Yiping Ding, Subhash C. Agrawal

UNIX Web Server Performance Analysis
Michael R. Stadelmann, Subhash C. Agrawal

Network Management

1 + 1 != 2: Welcome To The Jungle Of Performance Benchmarking For Network Backups
Peter Liu

A Case Study Of Applying Traditional Data Center Capacity Planning Techniques To Your Company's Phone System
Carl E. Sommer, Tim Rowles

A Workload Control System For A Network Performance Measurement Environment
Jozo J. Dujmovic, James B. Law

Are You Ready For Tomorrow Today? Understanding Enterprise Network Transmission Technologies
Tachen Leo Lo

Beyond Bandwidth-Mainframe Style Capacity Planning For Networks And Windows NT
Jeffrey P. Buzen, Annie W. Shum

Critical Issues In Distributed Network Management
Robert E. Kinicki

Network Performance Modeling - Get A Grip
Michael A. Salsburg

Open Enterprise Performance-APPC Response Time Challenge
Catherine H. Liu

Performance Considerations In File Transfers Using FTP Over Wide-Area ATM Networks
Luiz A. DaSilva, Rick Lett, Victor Frost

Using SNMP To Analyze The Performance Of Networks And Distributed Systems
Bernie Davidovics

System/390

Analyzing Processor Speed
Ray Wicks

Automating Mainframe Reporting Through The LAN
David B. Adams

Case Study Of A Synthetic Benchmark At The USDA National Information Technology Center
Kersi Bhiwandiwalla, David Ireland, John Betz, James W. McGalliard

Getting Started In Mainframe Capacity Planning Activities
Gregory V. Caliri

Moving Work From Bi-Polar To CMOS Technology
William L. Shelden Jr.

MVS Workload Manager Velocity Goals: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
John E. Arwe

Performance Evaluation Of A CMOS Processor Using A Synthetic Assembler Benchmark
James W. McGalliard, Gary Cline, Joseph Shakelton

Planes, Trains, And Automobiles: What To Do When You Don't Have A Map
Rick Lebsack

Review SMF Data For Parallel Sysplex
Page T. Borchetta, Gary King

Systems And Workload Management In The Parallel World
John L. Connor

The Effects Of MP Serialization On Logical Partitioning Capacity
Bob Ellsworth

The Parallel Sysplex As SMP: Viewing Performance, Capacity, And Scalability Through A Familiar Lens
Irwin F. Kraus

WLM Goal Mode Using A Quickstart Service Policy
Cheryl Watson

Workload Manager In A Sysplex
Sridhar Gopalaswami, Michael Derbaum

Workload Characterization / Modeling

A Simulation Model Of A Client-Server LAN/WAN Network
Tim Follen

Benchmarking And Modeling: Pick Your Favorite
Gilbert E. Houtekamer

Benchmarking: Why, What, How, When And Where
Jerry L. Rosenberg

Cost-Effective Client-Server Performance Modeling
Amy C. Spellmann

Fellowship - Simulation And Modeling Of A Simultaneous Multithreading Processor
Dean M. Tullsen

Fractal Patterns In DASD I/O Traffic
David L. Peterson, David B. Adams

Introduction To Statistics In Computer Measurement
Charles T. McGavin Jr.

Modelling Telecommunications Systems That Have Power-Tail (Bursty, Chaotic, Heavy-Tail, Self-Similar, etc.) Traffic
Lester Lipsky

On The Performance Of Parallel Computers: Order Statistics, Amdahl's Law and Their Applications
Yiping Ding, Tao Zhang, Lester Lipsky

Performance Engineering A Distributed Architecture (An Evaluation Of Proposed DCE And Encina Cells)
Diana Szumilas, Sandra McCrady, Ron Leighton

Performance Prediction Of Parallel Applications On Networks Of Workstations
Daniel A. Menascé, Amar Rao

Rules Of Thumb For Selecting Metrics For Detecting Performance Problems
Joseph L. Hellerstein

Simalytic Enterprise Modeling - The Best Of Both Worlds
Tim R. Norton

Statistics For The Algebraically Challenged
Dick Sziede

Using Analytical Modeling To Ensure Client/Server Application Performance
Gene M. Leganza