Kanoun / Spainhower Dependability Benchmarking for Computer Systems

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-37083-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Software Engineering Best Practices

A comprehensive collection of benchmarks for measuringdependability in hardware-software systems
As computer systems have become more complex andmission-critical, it is imperative for systems engineers andresearchers to have metrics for a system's dependability,reliability, availability, and serviceability. Dependabilitybenchmarks are useful for guiding development efforts for systemproviders, acquisition choices of system purchasers, andevaluations of new concepts by researchers in academia andindustry.
This book gathers together all dependability benchmarksdeveloped to date by industry and academia and explains the variousprinciples and concepts of dependability benchmarking. It collectsthe expert knowledge of DBench, a research project funded by theEuropean Union, and the IFIP Special Interest Group onDependability Benchmarking, to shed light on this important area.It also provides a large panorama of examples and recommendationsfor defining dependability benchmarks.
Dependability Benchmarking for Computer Systems includescontributions from a credible mix of industrial and academicsources: IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, CriticalSoftware, Carnegie Mellon University, LAAS-CNRS, TechnicalUniversity of Valencia, University of Coimbra, and University ofIllinois. It is an invaluable resource for engineers, researchers,system vendors, system purchasers, computer industry consultants,and system integrators.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kanoun, Karama

Spainhower, Lisa

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
Contributors xi
Prologue: Dependability Benchmarking: A Reality or a Dream?xiii
Karama Kanoun, Phil Koopman, Henrique Madeira, and LisaSpainhower
1 The Autonomic Computing Benchmark 3
Joyce Coleman, Tony Lau, Bhushan Lokhande, Peter Shum, RobertWisniewski, and Mary Peterson Yost
2 Analytical Reliability, Availability, and ServiceabilityBenchmarks 23
Richard Elling, Ira Pramanick, James Mauro, William Bryson, andDong Tang
3 System Recovery Benchmarks 35
Richard Elling, Ira Pramanick, James Mauro, William Bryson, andDong Tang
4 Dependability Benchmarking Using Environmental Test Tools55
Cristian Constantinescu
5 Dependability Benchmark for OLTP Systems 63
Marco Vieira, João Durães, and HenriqueMadeira
6 Dependability Benchmarking of Web Servers 91
João Durães, Marco Vieira, and HenriqueMadeira
7 Dependability Benchmark of Automotive Engine Control Systems111
Juan-Carlos Ruiz, Pedro Gil, Pedro Yuste, and Davidde-Andrés
8 Toward Evaluating the Dependability of Anomaly Detectors141
Kymie M. C. Tan and Roy A. Maxion
9 Vajra: Evaluating Byzantine-Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems163
Sonya J. Wierman and Priya Narasimhan
10 User-Relevant Software Reliability Benchmarking 185
Mario R. Garzia
11 Interface Robustness Testing: Experience and Lessons Learnedfrom the Ballista Project 201
Philip Koopman, Kobey DeVale, and John DeVale
12 Windows and Linux Robustness Benchmarks with Respect toApplication Erroneous Behavior 227
Karama Kanoun, Yves Crouzet, Ali Kalakech, and Ana-ElenaRugina
13 DeBERT: Dependability Benchmarking of Embedded Real-TimeOff-the-Shelf Components for Space Applications 255
Diamantino Costa, Ricardo Barbosa, Ricardo Maia, and FranciscoMoreira
14 Benchmarking the Impact of Faulty Drivers: Application to theLinux Kernel 285
Arnaud Albinet, Jean Arlat, and Jean-Charles Fabre
15 Benchmarking the Operating System against Faults ImpactingOperating System Functions 311
Ravishankar Iyer, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, and Weining Gu
16 Neutron Soft Error Rate Characterization of Microprocessors341
Cristian Constantinescu
Index 351

Über Autor(innen)

Karama Kanoun is Directeur de Recherche at LAAS-CNRS,France. Her research interests include the modeling and evaluationof computer system dependability. She was the principalinvestigator for the DBench (Dependability Benchmarking) Europeanproject, and has been a consultant for the European Space Agency,Ansaldo Trasporti, and the International Telecommunication Union.Kanoun is vice-chair of the IFIP WG 10.4 on Dependable Computingand Fault Tolerance and chairs its SIG on DependabilityBenchmarking. She also chairs the French SEE Technical Committee onTrustworthy Computer Systems.
Lisa Spainhower is an IBM Distinguished Engineer in theSystem Design organization of Systems and Technology Group (STG).STG designs and develops IBM's semiconductor technology, rangingfrom small x86-based servers to clusters of mainframes, operatingsystems, and storage subsystems. She is also a member of the IBMAcademy of Technology,?IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and theTechnical Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing ExecutiveCommittee. Spainhower is vice-chair of the IFIP WG 10.4 SIG onDependability Benchmarking.