Advanced Systems Lab

Course Organization & Materials

This course has no lectures, only tutorials with Prof. Alonso and Exercises with the teaching assistants. Find below the dates and details of tutorials (T) and exercises (E):

Date/Time Type Description Materials
20.09.2016 T The first tutorial will take place in CAB G61, and will cover administrative aspects and an introduction to the lecture and the project.  [Slides]
22.09.2016 E This week the exercise session will take place in CAB G61, regardless of last names.

 [IntroProject]

 [ToolsSetup]
27.09.2016 T The second tutorial will take place in CAB G61.  [Slides]
29.09.2016 E This week the exercise session covering the basics of Microsoft Azure Cloud and VMs will take place in CAB G61, regardless of last names  [AzureTutorial]
 04.10.2016  T The third tutorial session will take place in CAB G61.  [Slides]

 06.10.2016

  E This exercise session will be held in small groups. Check the list below to find your assigned TA. Please email your questions in advance.  [Slides]
 11.10.2016  T The fourth tutorial session will take place in CAB G61.  [Slides (cont.)]
 13.10.2016  E This exercise session will be held in small groups. Please email your questions in advance.  [Slides]
 18.10.2016  T No tutorial session  
 20.10.2016  E This exercise session will be held in small groups.  
 25.10.2016  T The fifth tutorial session will take place in CAB G61.  [Slides]
 27.10.2016  E This exercise session will be held in small groups.  
 01.11.2016  T The sixth tutorial session will take place in CAB G61.  [Slides (cont.)]
 *.11/12.2016  T No tutorial sessions in November and December.  
 *.11/12.2016  E Execise sessions will be held in small groups.  [Queuing Theory Exercises]

 

Project Description

Project Description: [ProjectDescription]

Project Files: [Workloads] [Java/Ant Files] [Azure Templates]

The project has three milestones. The respective deadlines are:

Literature:

"Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis" - Raj Jain
John Wiley & Sons Inc; Auflage: 2 Rev ed. (21. September 2015) "The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis" - Raj Jain
Wiley Professional Computing, 1991

From the 1st edition of particular relevance are the following chapters:

  • Chapters 1, 2, 3 (General introduction, Common terminology)
  • Chapters 4, 5, 6 (Workloads)
  • Chapter 10 (Data presentation)
  • Chapters 12, 13, 14 (Probability and statistics)
  • Chapters 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 (Experimental design)
  • Chapters 30, 31, 32, 33, 36 (Queueing theory)

 

Lecturer

Gustavo Alonso

 

Course Hours

Tutorials: Tuesday, 17:00 – 19:00, CAB G 61.

TAs (Meeting room):

 Assistant
  Room  Date/Time
 Last names assigned
 Zsolt István  CAB G52  Thu., 17.00-19.00 A - C
 Kaan Kara  CAB G56  Thu., 17.00-19.00 D - H
 Mohsen Owaida  CHN D42  Thu., 17.00-19.00 I - N
 David Sidler  CHN D44  Thu., 17.00-19.00 O - So
 Claude Barthels  CHN D46  Thu., 17.00-19.00 Sp - Z