Effects of distributed processing in a data processing environment
Fred J. Maryanski, Daniel E. Kreimer · Annual Simulation Symposium · 1978
Most data processing installations utilize a single large mainframe computer to execute their three principal software functions - data base management, teleprocessing, and batch processing. Recently, distributed processing systems composed of a network of minicomputers have been proposed as alternatives to the single large mainframe. The study described herein determines the conditions under which it is feasible, in terms of performance, to distribute the data base, teleprocessing, and batch functions to configurations of two or three processors. The simulation results indicate that distributing a software data processing function provides performance benefits if the demands for that function are heavy.