17 Toward Accurate Simulation of Large-Scale Systems via Time Dilation

James Edmondson and Douglas C. Schmidt

CONTENTS

17.1 Introduction

17.2 Background

17.2.1 Formal Composition Techniques

17.2.2 Simulation Techniques

17.3 Motivating Scenarios

17.3.1 Ethernet Capture Effect

17.3.2 Application Services

17.3.3 Large-Scale Systems

17.4 Applying Time Dilation with Diecast

17.4.1 Overview

17.4.1.1 Time Dilation Factor (TDF) and Scale Factor (SF)

17.4.1.2 Paravirtualized vs. Fully Virtualized VMs

17.4.1.3 CPU Scheduling

17.4.1.4 Network Emulation

17.4.2 Application to Motivating Scenarios

17.4.3 Future Work

17.5 Addressing Issues of Time Dilation in Physical Memory

17.5.1 Overview

17.5.2 Solutions

17.5.2.1 More Memory or More Hosts

17.5.2.2 Memory ...

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