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From the Central Server Model to BEST/1©

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Performance Evaluation: Origins and Directions

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The central server model [3] represented a major advance in computer performance analysis when it was first introduced. Earlier mathematical models had investigated the performance of individual system components such as central processors, disks and drums. Because they analyzed these components in isolation, early models had no way to represent the powerful interactions that take place among components and ultimately determine overall system performance.

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  1. BMC Software, Inc., 880 Winter Street, Waltham, MA, 02454-9111, USA

    Jeffrey P. Buzen

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  1. Institut für Angewandte Informatik und Informationssysteme, Universität Wien, Lenaugasse 2/8, 1080, Wien, Austria

    Günter Haring

  2. Informatik IV, Universität Dortmund, August-Schmidt-Straße 12, 44227, Dortmund, Germany

    Christoph Lindemann

  3. GMD Institut für Medienkommunikation, Schloß Birlinghoven, Postfach 1316, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Martin Reiser

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Buzen, J.P. (2000). From the Central Server Model to BEST/1©. In: Haring, G., Lindemann, C., Reiser, M. (eds) Performance Evaluation: Origins and Directions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1769. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46506-5_21

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