Lecture 6
From Systems to Descriptive Models (cont'd)
Quantifying Performance Models

Overview of Capacity Planning Process

• Capacity Planning: definition
• Capacity Planning: input and output variables
• Capacity Planning: typical questions

Intro to Chapter 3 (Quantifying Performance Models )

• Computing disk service times, continued
• Terminology, basic formulas
  • service time
  • visit ratio
  • residence time
  • response time
  • service demand
• Basic Performance Results
  • Utilization law
  • Examples