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In this paper, we present our first experiences using Simics, a simulator which allows full-system simulation of multiprocessor architectures. We carry out a detailed performance study of a static web content server, showing how changes in some architectural parameters affect final performance. The results we have obtained corroborate the intuition of increasing performance of a dual-processor web server opposite to a single-processor one, and at the same time, allow us to check out Simics limitations. Finally, we compare these results with those that are obtained on real machines.
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Villa, F.J., Acacio, M.E., García, J.M. (2004). On the Evaluation of x86 Web Servers Using Simics: Limitations and Trade-Offs. In: Bubak, M., van Albada, G.D., Sloot, P.M.A., Dongarra, J. (eds) Computational Science - ICCS 2004. ICCS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3036. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24685-5_85
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