263-0007-00L Advanced Systems Lab

Course Description

The goal of this course is to teach students how to evaluate the performance of complex computer and software systems. Accordingly, the methodology to carry out experiments and measurements is studied.  Furthermore, the modeling of systems with the help of queueing network systems is explained.

The course will have lectures and project work. The first lecture will be on September 22.

Organization

•  Group assignments - PDF
•  General information regarding the project - PDF

Lecture Slides

•  Week 1
•  Week 2
•  Week 3
•  Week 4
  
•  Week 5
  
•  Week 6
  
•  Week 7
  
•  Week 8
  
•  Week 9
  

Project milestones

• Milestone 1
• Milestone 2
  (Updated 10/18/2009, Workloads W1 and W3 are no longer required.)
• Milestone 3
• Milestone 4

Exercise Sheets

• Queuing Exercises 1
• Queuing Exercises 2

Literature

R. Jain: The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis, Wiley.

Course Hours

Lecture

Tue, 17-19h, room CAB G 61

Exercise

Thu, 17−19h, room CAB E 31 

       17−19h, room CAB E 37

       17−19h, room CAB E 38

Lecturers