Not when you're looking at high utilization, as presented in the example in the article.
For that particular case (a M/M/1 queue with arrival rate of 5.8 customers per hour and a service rate of 6 per hour), even your median response time is 3.5 hours.
Unbounded FIFOs are _really_ bad once you get to high utilization.
For that particular case (a M/M/1 queue with arrival rate of 5.8 customers per hour and a service rate of 6 per hour), even your median response time is 3.5 hours.
Unbounded FIFOs are _really_ bad once you get to high utilization.