For the application listed above, identify runtime characteristics for an operational system. Choose characteristics that will support evaluation similar to that performed for Exercise 6.16.

Data from Exercise 6.16

The emergence of web servers for ecommerce, online storage, and communication has made disk servers critical applications. Availability and speed are well-known metrics for disk servers, but power consumption is becoming increasingly important. Answer the questions about configuration and evaluation of disk servers with the following parameters.

Determining the performance of a single server with relatively complete data is an easy task. However, when comparing servers from different vendors providing different data, choosing among alternatives can be difficult. Explore the process of finding and evaluating servers by answering questions about the following application.

a. b. Program Instructions/ 1/0 Operation 100,000 200,000 OS Instructions/ 1/0 Operation 150,000 200,000 Workload (KB reads) 64 128 Processor Speed (Instructions/ Second) 2 Billion. 3 Billion