Name: Sim Analyze
Author: ben-manes

Analyze the given cache trace to understand its access pattern characteristics and recommend which cache policies would perform best.

Input

Trace file: $ARGUMENTS

Workflow

Identify the trace format and read the trace:
- Check file extension, try to parse first lines
- Determine: key-only or weighted? Timestamps included?
- Count total accesses and distinct keys
Compute trace statistics. Write a small analysis script or use the simulator's synthetic tools to characterize:
- Working set size: number of distinct keys
- Temporal working set: distinct keys in sliding windows
- Frequency distribution: how many keys account for 80% of accesses? (Zipfian? Uniform? Bimodal?)
- Recency patterns: what fraction of accesses are repeats within the last N accesses?
- Scan detection: are there bursts of sequential unique keys?

Analyze the given cache trace to understand its access pattern characteristics and recommend which cache policies would perform best.

Trace file: $ARGUMENTS

Identify the trace format and read the trace:
- Check file extension, try to parse first lines
- Determine: key-only or weighted? Timestamps included?
- Count total accesses and distinct keys
Compute trace statistics. Write a small analysis script or use the simulator's synthetic tools to characterize:
- Working set size: number of distinct keys
- Temporal working set: distinct keys in sliding windows
- Frequency distribution: how many keys account for 80% of accesses? (Zipfian? Uniform? Bimodal?)
- Recency patterns: what fraction of accesses are repeats within the last N accesses?
- Scan detection: are there bursts of sequential unique keys?