1) What is a “system”?
2) What is a “model”? What is the goal of a model?
3) What is the “workload” to a system?
4) What is “computer simulation”?
5) Describe capacity planning (a picture might be the best way to do this)
6) Sketch a graph of load versus response time for the typical system.
7) What is performance? What are the most common performance metrics for ICT systems?
8) What are some additional performance metrics of interest to us?
9) Suppose you have two systems. System #1 processes jobs at rate 100 jobs/sec and system #2 at a rate 150 jobs/sec. What is the speed-up and relative change of system #1 with respect to system #2?