A SYNTHETIC WORKLOAD FOR A DISTRIBUTED REAL-TIME SYSTEM

In this paper, we describe die design and implementation of a syntheti c workload (SW) for a distributed real-time system. A SW is a set of p arameterized synthetic or artificial programs which serve as the workl oad for a system under study. The parameterized nature of the programs allows the user to change their behavior to create different resource demands on the system. The SW is easy to use, flexible, and can be re presentative of a real-time workload. The SW consists of a driver and a set of synthetic tasks. The synthetic tasks are generated by a synth etic workload generator (SWG) from the user's specification written in SWSL, a synthetic workload specification language. We describe the de sign goals of our SW and discuss its software structure and how it mee ts these goals.