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Behavior of Web Servers in Stress Tests

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Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Dependability and Complex Systems DepCoS-RELCOMEX. June 30 – July 4, 2014, Brunów, Poland

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 286))

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The paper presents an approach to modelling performance and availability of web systems. Based on the set of tests focused on the overutilization of real systems, a three queue model of web server was developed. The model explains the phenomena observed during stress tests. It could be used for simulation based analysis of web systems dependability as well as play a fundamental role in designing an analytical model of web systems under heavy load. The analysis of the developed model resulted in a set of recommendations for stress tests.

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  1. Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-320, Wroclaw, Poland

    Tomasz Walkowiak

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  1. Institute of Computer Engineering Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Wojciech Zamojski

  2. Institute of Computer Engineering Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Jacek Mazurkiewicz

  3. Institute of Computer Engineering Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Jarosław Sugier

  4. Institute of Computer Engineering Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Tomasz Walkowiak

  5. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

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Walkowiak, T. (2014). Behavior of Web Servers in Stress Tests. In: Zamojski, W., Mazurkiewicz, J., Sugier, J., Walkowiak, T., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Dependability and Complex Systems DepCoS-RELCOMEX. June 30 – July 4, 2014, Brunów, Poland. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 286. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07013-1_45

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