Web Server Workload Characterization: The Search for Invariants

SIGMETRICS 1996 - Proceedings of the 1996 ACM SIGMETRICS International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 126-137

  Arlitt, Martin F ^a   Williamson, Carey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WEB BROWSERS;

DATA SET; NETWORK TRAFFIC; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE; RECENT RESEARCHES; WEB CLIENTS; WEB INTERACTIONS; WEB SERVERS; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEBS (WWW);

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 85127665852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/233013.233034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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