Optimal Allocation of File Servers in a Local Network Environment

C. Murray Woodside; Satish K. Tripathi

doi:10.1109/TSE.1986.6312986

Optimal Allocation of File Servers in a Local Network Environment

C. Murray Woodside
, Satish K. Tripathi

Université Paris-Saclay

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Abstract

Files associated with workstations in a local area network are to be allocated among two or more file servers. Assuming statistically identical workstations and file servers and a performance model which is a closed multiclass separable queueing network, an optimal allocation is found. It is shown that all the files of each workstation should be placed on one file server, with the workstations divided as equally as possible among the file servers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	844-848
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Volume	SE-12
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.1986.6312986
State	Published - Aug 1986

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Design studies
file assignment
local networks
modeling techniques
multiclass closed queueing networks
optimization
performance of systems

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