Configuration of local area network set of servers

Abstract

Multiserver LANs, that offer many categories of services with absolute priority discipline, are investigated. The flows of user requests to servers are considered Poissonian. The optimization problem for LAN server set configuration is formulated; the goal is to minimize costs with servers, without exceeding the established mean response time for all users’ requests of different categories. Analytical solutions for particular cases are obtained and an algorithm for solving the general problem is proposed.