Two Analytical Models (with Infinite Buffer) for Evaluating Performance of Gigabit Ethernet Hosts

Two analytical models are developed to study the impact of interrupt overhead on operating system performance of network hosts when subjected to Gigabit network traffic. Under heavy network traffic, the system performance will be negatively affected due to interrupt overhead caused by incoming traff...

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description Two analytical models are developed to study the impact of interrupt overhead on operating system performance of network hosts when subjected to Gigabit network traffic. Under heavy network traffic, the system performance will be negatively affected due to interrupt overhead caused by incoming traffic. In particular, excessive latency and significant degradation in system throughput can be experienced. Also, user applications may livelock as the CPU power is mostly consumed by interrupt handling and protocol processing. In this paper, we present and compare two analytical models that capture host behavior and evaluate its performance. The first model is based on Markov processes and queueing theory, while the second, which is more accurate but more complex, is a pure Markov process. For the most part both models give mathematically-equivalent closed-form solutions for a number of important system performance metrics. These metrics include throughput, latency, stability condition, CPU utilizations of interrupt handling and protocol processing, and CPU availability for user applications. The analysis yields insight into understanding and predicting the impact of system and network choices on the performance of interrupt-driven systems when subjected to light and heavy network loads. More importantly, our analytical work can also be valuable in improving host performance. The paper gives guidelines and recommendations to address design and implementation issues. Simulation and reported experimental results show that our analytical models are valid and give a good approximation.
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spelling Two Analytical Models (with Infinite Buffer) for Evaluating Performance of Gigabit Ethernet HostsSalah, KhaledunknownComputerTwo analytical models are developed to study the impact of interrupt overhead on operating system performance of network hosts when subjected to Gigabit network traffic. Under heavy network traffic, the system performance will be negatively affected due to interrupt overhead caused by incoming traffic. In particular, excessive latency and significant degradation in system throughput can be experienced. Also, user applications may livelock as the CPU power is mostly consumed by interrupt handling and protocol processing. In this paper, we present and compare two analytical models that capture host behavior and evaluate its performance. The first model is based on Markov processes and queueing theory, while the second, which is more accurate but more complex, is a pure Markov process. For the most part both models give mathematically-equivalent closed-form solutions for a number of important system performance metrics. These metrics include throughput, latency, stability condition, CPU utilizations of interrupt handling and protocol processing, and CPU availability for user applications. The analysis yields insight into understanding and predicting the impact of system and network choices on the performance of interrupt-driven systems when subjected to light and heavy network loads. More importantly, our analytical work can also be valuable in improving host performance. The paper gives guidelines and recommendations to address design and implementation issues. Simulation and reported experimental results show that our analytical models are valid and give a good approximation.20062020ArticleNonPeerReviewedinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/id/eprint/717/1/AJSE_infinite_buffer.pdf (2006) Two Analytical Models (with Infinite Buffer) for Evaluating Performance of Gigabit Ethernet Hosts. The Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 31 (2B). pp. 245-263. enhttps://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/id/eprint/717/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai::7172019-11-01T13:25:03Z
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title_full Two Analytical Models (with Infinite Buffer) for Evaluating Performance of Gigabit Ethernet Hosts
title_fullStr Two Analytical Models (with Infinite Buffer) for Evaluating Performance of Gigabit Ethernet Hosts
title_full_unstemmed Two Analytical Models (with Infinite Buffer) for Evaluating Performance of Gigabit Ethernet Hosts
title_short Two Analytical Models (with Infinite Buffer) for Evaluating Performance of Gigabit Ethernet Hosts
title_sort Two Analytical Models (with Infinite Buffer) for Evaluating Performance of Gigabit Ethernet Hosts
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url https://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/id/eprint/717/1/AJSE_infinite_buffer.pdf