Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1990

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Fernandez, Eduardo B.

Abstract

We propose a methodology to effectively characterize the architecture and system performance of distributed systems designed to operate in frame-based real-time environments. Important characteristics that define the real-time performance of a distributed system are identified and classified at the hardware, operating system, and user application levels. A synthetic workload model, called the Distributed Real-Time Workload (DRTW), is designed to fully characterize a broad range of real-time applications and to exercise a single- or multiple-node distributed system under measurement. A set of data collection tools to obtain empirical performance data at different levels of a distributed system is also proposed. For the purpose of illustration, these tools are used to obtain data on several real-time systems from Encore Computer Corporation.

Extent

268 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.C.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1990.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14665

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