Web Platform Performance Analysis for AOL

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Web Platform Performance Analysis for AOL

• Team 4
• ECE 498A
• Spring 2004

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Team Information

• Advisor Dr. Salim Hariri
• AOL Advisor Jud Valeski (Boulder, Colorado)
• Nipun Dahra
• HTML, C/C, Java
• Computer Networks
• Seok-kyu Lee
• Java, Small Talk
• Computer Networks
• Thiha Kyi Min
• Object-oriented Programming in Java, C
• Computer Networks
• Yousuf Al-kaabi
• Object-oriented Programming in Java
• Computer Networks

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Introduction

• Background
• Problem Statement
• Design Criteria
• Proposed solution
• Evaluation
• Alternative solution
• Recommendation
• Budget
• Gantt chart

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Background

• AOL
• 1978 AOL founded
• 1991 DOS version of AOL is launched.
• 1993 AOL launches windows version.
• FDO (Forms Documents Objects)
• AOL in-house Protocol for connection to the
  server

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How is your connection?
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Problem Statement

• Paradigm changed
• From dial-up to always-on broadband using
  HTTP
• FDO interacts with users
• HTTP only responds when users request
• Open Source software
• Less expensive or nearly free of charge
• Expensive to develop AOL own platform

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Design Criteria

• OS Unix/Linux
• Application
• Accessible over HTTP Port 80
• Use a standard web service API (Application
  Programming Interface) such as REST, XML-RPC or
  SOAP
• Database access
• Access to another web services API via HTTP

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Proposed Solution

• Phase I
• Research
• Operating System Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris
• Web Server Apache, AOL Server
• Database MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Application language (XML)
• Design prototype web application
• Develop testing methodology.
• Web Platform Performance Level (PPL)
• Web Application Performance Level (APL)

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Proposed Solution

• Phase II
• Install Platforms
• Implement the Prototype Application on each
  platform
• Email Application
• Online Shopping System

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Evaluation

• Phase III
• Testing the different platforms based on the
  methodology.

Web server testing
Server Response Time
TCP Connection Time
Data Compression
Platform Support


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Alternative Solution

• Microsoft .NET platform
• Windows 2003 Server
• ISS (Internet Information Server)

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Recommendation

• The goal is to recommend a platform for AOL based
  on evaluation.
• OS
• Web Server/container
• Database
• Web Services API

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Budget

• Computer Hardware
• Dr. Hariri (ITT lab)
• Software
• Open source software
• Total budget 0.00

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Gantt Chart
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Gantt Chart
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Any Questions?

• http//www.ece.arizona.edu/hpdc/projects/AOL_PEP/