@InCollection{baylor:workload-book,
  author = {Sandra Johnson Baylor and C. Eric Wu},
  title = {Parallel {I/O} Workload Characteristics Using {Vesta}},
  booktitle = {Input/Output in Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems},
  chapter = {7},
  editor = {Ravi Jain and John Werth and James C. Browne},
  crossref = {iopads-book},
  year = {1996},
  series = {The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer
  Science},
  volume = {362},
  pages = {167--185},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  earlier = {baylor:workload},
  keywords = {parallel I/O, file access pattern, workload characterization,
  file system workload, pario-bib},
  abstract = {To develop optimal parallel I/O subsystems, one must have a
  thorough understanding of the workload characteristics of parallel I/O and
  its exploitation of the associated parallel file system. Presented are the
  results of a study conducted to analyze the parallel I/O workloads of several
  applications on a parallel processor using the Vesta parallel file system.
  Traces of the applications are obtained to collect system events,
  communication events, and parallel I/O events. The traces are then analyzed
  to determine workload characteristics. The results show I/O request rates on
  the order of hundreds of requests per second, a large majority of requests
  are for small amounts of data (less than 1500 bytes), a few requests are for
  large amounts of data (on the order of megabytes), significant file sharing
  among processes within a job, and strong temporal, traditional spatial, and
  interprocess spatial locality.},
  comment = {Part of a whole book on parallel I/O; see iopads-book.}
}