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STEADY — A Tool for Predicting Performance of Parallel DBMSs

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Computer Performance Evaluation.Modelling Techniques and Tools (TOOLS 2000)

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Predicting the performance of a parallel relational DBMS executing an arbitrary set of transactions on particular data sets for different architectural configurations with different data placement strategies is a non-trivial task. An analytical tool has been developed to assist with this task and can be used for application sizing, capacity planning and performance tuning.

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  1. Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4AS, UK

    Euan W. Dempster, M. Howard Williams, Neven T. Tomov, Albert Burger & Peter J. B. King

  2. Faculty of Computer Science, University Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Chai Seng Pua

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  1. Department of Computer Science, RWTH Aachen, 52056, Aachen, Germany

    Boudewijn R. Haverkort  & Henrik C. Bohnenkamp  & 

  2. Performance Engineering Services Division, MS 110, L&S Computer Technology, Inc., P.O. Box 9802, Austin, TX, 78766, USA

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Dempster, E.W., Williams, M.H., Tomov, N.T., Pua, C.S., Burger, A., King, P.J.B. (2000). STEADY — A Tool for Predicting Performance of Parallel DBMSs. In: Haverkort, B.R., Bohnenkamp, H.C., Smith, C.U. (eds) Computer Performance Evaluation.Modelling Techniques and Tools. TOOLS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1786. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46429-8_32

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