FEDSIM PROPOSAL FOR UNIVAC 1110 COMPUTER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

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NPIC/D-378-76
DID/Su-T
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Deputy Director for Administration
THROUGH
Director of Data Processing
SUBJECT :
FEDSIM Proposal for UNIVAC 1110 Computer Performance
Evaluation
REFERENCES .
1.
FEDSIM Transmittal and Customer Agreement
(Proposal), 21 October 1976
2.
Memorandum for the Record, 4 November 1976
1. The attached Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and
Simulation Center (FEDSIM) customer agreement (proposal) is for a
computer performance evaluation of the Univac 1110 computer system used
in the NPIC Data System (NDS). The period of performance under this
proposal is from 7 February 1977 through 15 August 1977. The fundinq
required to execute this contract is $60,415. Fees are paid through a
transfer of funds to the GSA ADP fund.
2. CSD/PSG/NPIC has no specific budget item for FEDSIM. However,
part of the FY 77 budget for Univac Enhancement contracts was to include
a performance evaluation task. Since FEDSIM is the Federal authority
for computer performance evaluation, it is to our benefit to have them
perform the evaluation. It is intended that a portion of the funds
budgeted for Univac contractor service in FY 77, but not yet obligated,
be used to fund this FEDSIM proposal.
3. NPIC requests the DDA to contract with FEDSIM as set forth in
the attached customer agreement. Instructions for accomplishing this
are contained in paragraph 2 of the attached letter of transmittal.
NPIC further requests that Mr. E_ I NPIC ADP Control Officer, STATINTL
be named contract monitor for this contract, and that all reports, memos,
etc. be directed to him.
STATINTL
JOHN J. HICKS
Director
National Photographic Interpretation Center
USAF review(s) completed.
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SUBJECT: FEDSIM Proposal for UNIVAC 1110 Computer Performance Evaluation
Attachments:
1. FEDSIM Transmittal and Customer Agreement.
2. Memorandum for the Record
STATINTL
. CONCUR:
9 vOV 1976
Director of Data Processing Date
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20330
FEDERAL. COMPUTER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND EMULATION CENTER tAFDAA1 tFl/:"'
DEPARTMENT OF THE AiR FORCE i'-V,
NPIC/D-378176
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REPLY TO
ATTN. OF FEDSIM/ AY
SUBJECT Transmittal of Preliminary Project Plan/Customer Agreement
. (FEDSIM Project No. AY-086-078-CIA)
TO Central Intelligence Agency
STATI NTL ATTN :
Washington, DC 20505
1. The Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation
Center (FEDSIM) is pleased to submit the attached Preliminary
Project Plan/Customer Agreement for your consideration. The
~ d based on discussions with Messrs Toni
-inn has hnen -or STATINTL on 11 August and 15 October 1976. It
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is intended for use only within the Central In
Agency. The FEDSIM support outlined in the plan may no longer
be permissible if the plan is released to a commercial firm.
2. The plan has been prepared in a manner which will permit
conversion to a Customer Agreement if the objectives and
terms of the plan are satisfactory. If you desire to convert
the plan to a Customer Agreement, please indicate the
rei_mhursement'method, insert a billing address and the
appropriate accounting classification, sign, and return the
original to Department of the Air Force, FEDSIM/SU (N2TN:
Ms Bailey), Washinaton, DC 20330.
3. If you have any questions regarding the plan or its
conversion to a Customer Agreement, please contact Mr
Elliott Erickson, telephone number (202) 274-8461.
DONALD R. DEESE, Director
Directorate of Analysis
1 Atch
Preliminary Project Plan/
Customer Agreement No.
AY-086-078-CIA (2 cys)
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FEDERAL COMPUTER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
AND SIMULATION CENTER (FEDSIM)
PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLAN/CUSTOMER AGREEMENT
PROJECT CODE: AY-086-078-CIA DATE
PROJECT TITLE: CIA UNIVAC 1100 CPE 20 October 1976
This project plan outlines approaches to,the issues presented
to FEDSIM by the Central Intelligence Agency (hereafter also
referred to as the CIA or "the customer"). The document
states the objectives, the work to be performed, and the
items to be delivered. It estimates time and cost, and also
specifies the support required from the CIA if the project
is to,be completed on time and at anticipated cost. The
document is intended to be a preliminary text from which a
final agreement will be constructed. When signed by both
parties, this plan becomes an agreement.
BACKGROUND
The CIA operates a UNIVAC 1142 computer system supporting a
large number of remote terminals. The 300--500 remote termi-
nals are controlled through three communications/symbiont
.In /Sr) Th 1112 o ntc cpcratcc un' or the
UNIVAC 1100 operating system at revision level 33R1. The
CIA is presently rewriting numerous application programs
which are currently in production on a UNIVAC 494 system.
The programs are being written to interface through the
Transaction Interface Package (TIP) and the Data Management
System, DMS 1100. After completion of the program rewrites,
the UNIVAC 1142 is expected to process the production work-
load and on-line queries and updates. The program rewriting
is now in its final stages, but the CIA is already experi-
encing poor response time, even before going to a production
mode. The response time problems are of concern to the CIA,
whose systems analysts feel that the existing configuration
should be adequate if hardware and software inefficiencies
are eliminated. The system is. scheduled to go into produc-
tion and service the 300-500 remote terminals in January
1977. For these reasons, the CIA has asked FEDSIM to perform
a computer performance evaluation of the'UNIVAC 1142 system.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
The objective of this project is to provide quantitative
data to the CIA identifying the bottlenecks of their UNIVAC
1142 computer system and to improve the performance of the
system by tuning it to the CIA environment and workload.
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PROJECT TITLE: CIA UNIVAC 1100 CPE 20 October 1976
STATEMENT OF WORK
Task 1 - Pro sect Development
The project development task consists of three closely
related phases:
a. Environment Identification. FEDSIM will collect
appropriate information as necessary to identify the envi-
ronment of the UNIVAC 1142 computer system at the CIA. The
information collected will describe the characteristics and
interactions of the system hardware, operating system soft-
ware, and user programs. In addition, information will be
collected describing workload characteristics, operations
procedures and constraints, and scheduling parameters and
constraints. FEDSIM will use the data collected in this
phase to develop a specific measurement strategy for the
UNIVAC 1142 computer system at the CIA.
b. Software Instrumentation Package (SIP) Validation.
SIP is a ITNIVAC-supplied' software monitor. In past experi.-
Pnra Nai t.h STP. FEDSIM has determined that SIP is a useful
and reliable CPE tool. This past experience, however, has
also shown that the implementation of SIP and the SIP data
reduction programs varies between UNIVAC sites, thereby
generating site unique problems with some of the SIP reports.
For this reason, a validation of SIP output at the CIA will
be performed. This validation will be performed on all SIP
data to be used in subsequent tasks. The validation effort
will consist of several steps:
(1) The SIP data will be examined for accuracy by
cross-checking within numerous SIP reports and with SIP data
from other systems.
(2) Appropriate areas of SIP-produced data will be
compared with system accounting data. Since CIA does not
have a system accounting data reduction package, FEDSIM plans
to provide any system accounting data reduction packages used
in this project.
.(3) The operating system code will be analyzed
where necessary. This analysis will enable FEDSIM to
determine the validity of any suspect SIP data.
(4) In the event any suspect SIP data cannot be
validated with the previous steps, a hardware monitor will
be used to collect data in parallel with SIP. These data
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will then be compared with similar SIP data. This initial
.validation of SIP data will enable FEDSIM to gather suffi-
cient reliable performance data during the remainder of the
project without using an expensive hardware monitor.
.c. Specific Strategy Development. Based on information
gathered in the previous phases, FEDSIM will define and
document a specific measurement strategy to be used during
measurement of the CIA UNIVAC 1142. The specific SIP and
software parameters required, the operational procedures,
and the data reduction software required will be identified
during this' strategy definition phase.
Task 2 - Computer Measurement
Phase 1. General System Profile Data Collection
FEDSIM will perform a general measurement study of the CIA
UNIVAC 1142 using SIP. All levels of SIP will be used (user
levels, development levels, I/O trace, and DA trace). The
data collected will be used to identify the utilization and
bottlenecks of the CIA UNIVAC ?i4L system., Data will ai U
be collected to quantify the remote terminal user's response
time.
Phase 2. Evaluate, Tune, and Remeasure
FEDSIM will document the major bottlenecks discovered in
Phase 1. This information will be forwarded to the CIA in
a Project Memorandum. This Project Memorandum will also
contain proposed changes to improve the performance of the
UNIVAC 1142 system. Proposed changes typically pertain to:
(1) file location; (2) device location or speed; (3) job
scheduling; (4) EXEC SYSGEN or software parameter changes;
(5) operating procedures; and/or (6) hardware changes.
If the proposed changes can be implemented with minimal
delay, a second, limited data collection. phase will be
conducted. These data will be used to quantify the improve-
ments of the system tuning changes.
.Phase 3. Detailed Performance Studies
in addition to identifying the major bottlenecks of the
system, the computer measurement of Task 2 will indicate
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specific problem areas pertaining to the unique CIA computing
requirements and applications. The priority and order of
the evaluations listed below will be jointly defined by the
CIA and FEDSIM after identification in Phases 1 and 2. The
time estimates and funding associated with these evaluations
will then be determined and funded through an amendment to
this Customer Agreement. Each evaluation will be either
accepted or rejected for further analysis on an individual
basis. It may be decided to perform any of these evaluations
subsequent to the completion of Task 3.
a. Evaluate the TIP/DMS 1100 APPlicati_ons. The CIA is
using TIP and DMS 1100 to control the major applications
running on their UNIVAC 1142. These control routines are
marketed by UNIVAC as general purpose communications and
data base access packages. The purpose of this evaluation
is to evaluate TIP and DMS 1100 to determine what can be
done either to tailor these packages to the CIA environment
or to provide guidelines for better usage of these systems by
application programs.
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