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Permabase: predicting the performance of distributed systems at the design stage

Permabase: predicting the performance of distributed systems at the design stage

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The paper describes the Permabase project, funded by BT, which produced prototypes to predict software performance automatically at the systems design stage. It discusses the Permabase rationale and describes the architecture and details of the prototype systems and its validation using case studies. It discusses the use of UML as a mechanism for capturing the information needed for performance prediction modelling, and shows how translation makes it possible to produce simulation models. It reviews the achievements of the project and looks forward to ways in which the work could be enhanced and built on to encompass a greater range of systems.

Inspec keywords: distributed programming; specification languages; software performance evaluation; object-oriented programming; systems analysis

Other keywords: UML; software performance; systems design stage; performance prediction; simulation models; performance prediction modelling; prototype systems; BT; Permabase; Permabase rationale; Permabase project; distributed systems; case studies

Subjects: Formal methods; Distributed systems software; Parallel programming; High level languages; Object-oriented programming

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