[PDF][PDF] The convoy phenomenon
M Blasgen, J Gray, M Mitoma, T Price - ACM SIGOPS Operating …, 1979 - dl.acm.org
M Blasgen, J Gray, M Mitoma, T Price
ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, 1979•dl.acm.orgl zoooo [ 300~ l Page 1 THE CONVOY PHENOMENON Mike Blasgen, Jim Gray, Mike Mitoma,
Tom Price IBM San Jose Research Laboratory San Jose, California, 95193 May 1977, (Revised
Janruary 1979) CONVOYS DESCRIBED When driving on a two-lane road with no passing one
often encounters clusters of cars. This is because a fast-moving car will soon bump into a slow
one. The equilibrium state of such a system is for everyone to be in a convoy behind the
slowest car. In System R [Astrahan], transactions often bump into one another when contending …
Tom Price IBM San Jose Research Laboratory San Jose, California, 95193 May 1977, (Revised
Janruary 1979) CONVOYS DESCRIBED When driving on a two-lane road with no passing one
often encounters clusters of cars. This is because a fast-moving car will soon bump into a slow
one. The equilibrium state of such a system is for everyone to be in a convoy behind the
slowest car. In System R [Astrahan], transactions often bump into one another when contending …
When driving on a two-lane road with no passing one often encounters clusters of cars. This is because a fast-moving car will soon bump into a slow one. The equilibrium state of such a system is for everyone to be in a convoy behind the slowest car.