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Performance Comparison of Various Web Cluster Architectures

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Systems Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications (AsiaSim 2004)

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This paper investigates system attributes and the corresponding performances of three Web cluster architectures, which have different traffic managers: the Alteon Web switch, the ALBM Traffic Manager, and a Linux Virtual Server. The Alteon Web switch is a hardware solution and the others provide software solutions to traffic managers that control incoming traffic in web clusters. In order to compare performances of these Web cluster architectures, we perform a set of experiments with various load scheduling algorithms by using a number of classified workloads. The experimental results compare the peak performances of the Web clusters and show the effects of workload types and load scheduling algorithms on performance trends.

This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) under Grant No. R04-2003-000-10213-0. This work was also supported by research program 2004 of Kookmin University in Korea.

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  1. School of Business IT, Kookmin University, Chongnung-dong, Songbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-702, Korea

    Eunmi Choi

  2. School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Handong Global University, Heunghae-eub, Puk-ku, Pohang, Kyungbuk, 791-940, Korea

    Yoojin Lim

  3. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Kwangjin-gu, Seoul, 133-701, Korea

    Dugki Min

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  1. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Korea University, 1, 5-ga, Anam-dong, SungBuk-gu, 136-701, Seoul, Korea

    Doo-Kwon Baik

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Choi, E., Lim, Y., Min, D. (2005). Performance Comparison of Various Web Cluster Architectures. In: Baik, DK. (eds) Systems Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications. AsiaSim 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30585-9_69

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