Balance response time in a multiserver information system environment

• Main Authors: LEE, Francis Bu Sung, CAI, Wen Tong, LIM, Ee Peng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1997
• Subjects: File allocation; Load balancing; Multi-server information systems; Queuing theory; Optimization; Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1023
• Institution: Singapore Management University

As information systems move from centralized to distributed systems, the distribution of the data files among the servers becomes a major issue. This paper reports on the results of a heuristic algorithm that is used to distribute the files among multiple heterogeneous servers interconnected by a fa...