Software Methods for System Address Tracing

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of software methods to collect system trace for DEC Ultrix and 3.0 Mach on a DECstation 5000/200. We assert that software methods are a valuable tool for collecting system trace and understanding operating system and memory system behavior for modem workstation workloads. Software methods have some well documented shortcomings. We discuss how their impact was minimized in our system. We further support the validity of the software approach by comparing behavior predicted by our tracing/simulation system to measurements made with less intrusive methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA268891

Entities

People

  • J. B. Chen

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Distortion
  • High Resolution
  • Instructions
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Memory Devices
  • Object Code
  • Operating Systems
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Software Engineering.