Hi All,
I wrote:
>There exists such formula. I have seen a paper on this topic, but
>unfortunately the paper is in my office. I can send you the title/author
>if you are interested.
So, here you are:
Authors: Steven D. Gribble and Eric A. Brewer (University of California,
Berkeley)
Title: System Design Issues for Internet Middleware Services: Deductions
from a Large Client Trace
Conference: USENIX Symposium on Internet Technologies and Systems,
December 8-11, 1997, Monterey, California, USA
This paper is worth reading, I think.
Cheers,
Bertold