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Figure 9.18
A generalized CPU-I/O model.
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Figure 9.19
Simplified model.
Tnetwork
=
3.6 ms,

but it is clear that the bottleneck in the system is the server CPU, since it has the least capacity. For initial analysis purposes, we treat the system as a single server (the server CPU) with a delay center of 22.4 ms to represent the disk plus network time (Figures 9.18 and 9.19). Each user has a timing relationship as shown:
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Where
Tc
=
1 second
Ts
=
40 ms
Tu
=
960 ms (User + Pause + delay)
r
=
24
f
=
.04.

We will look at the system performance for various numbers of workstations from n = 10 to n = 50. We will use the asymptotic performance model. Let us assume the following c2:
Unitc2
Server CPU0
Disk0.5
Network0

 
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