italian version

Aims :

The course aims to give concepts and methodologies of performance engineering necessary to design and manage computer systems. At the end of the course students will be able to estimate the workload of the different resources of a computer system and to properly size such resources so to meet user’s performance expectations in a cost-effective manner.

Topics :

The life cycle of an IT system. Properties and metrics to assess the quality of IT systems. Models for performance engineering: Markov models, the queuing network model. Performance engineering methodology. Case studies: database services, web services, data centers, e-business services

Textbooks :

D. A. Menascè. V. A. F. Almeida, L. W. Dowdy: “Performance by Design: Computer Capacity Planning by Example”, Prentice Hall PTR, 2004., ISBN 0-13-090673-5.

D. A. Menascè. V. A. F. Almeida: “Scaling for E-Business: Technologies, Models, Performance, and capacity Planning”, Prentice Hall PTR, 2000., ISBN 0-13-086328-9.

Exam :

Prove scritte, colloquio orale.

Tutorial Session :

Martedì, 10:30-11:30