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Slowdown ratio

In Perseus, the slowdown ratio is observed drive latency divided by the workload-dependent upper prediction bound for that latency.

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Use the same units for numerator and denominator: a ratio above one exceeds the bound. Section 4.4 and its example establish this direction despite the reversed Figure 9 caption. This is a sample-level quantity, not a calibrated failure probability or a drive diagnosis. [1]

Relations

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fail-slow, latency-storage

Citations

  1. Lu et al. Perseus: A Fail-Slow Detection Framework for Cloud Storage Systems. FAST 2023, sections 4.4-4.5, pp. 55-56. (accessed 2026-10-14)
  2. Hesela: synthetic slowdown-ratio arithmetic, source and tests (accessed 2026-10-14)

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