On the Evaluation of x86 Web Servers Using Simics: Limitations and Trade-Offs

In this paper, we present our first experiences using Simics, a simulator which allows full-system simulation of multiprocessor architectures. We carry out a detailed performance study of a static web content server, showing how changes in some architectural parameters affect final performance. The results we have obtained corroborate the intuition of increasing performance of a dual-processor web server opposite to a single-processor one, and at the same time, allow us to check out Simics limitations. Finally, we compare these results with those that are obtained on real machines.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ICCS
• Authors: Francisco J. Villa, Manuel E. Acacio, José M. García
• Keywords: ICCS 2004, Web Content Server, Web Server Opposite, first Experiences