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From: wallis@labc.enet.dec.com (Barry L. Wallis)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: How to measure Database performance ?
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Date: 22 Sep 90 19:03:12 GMT
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In article <1070001@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>, wongj@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Jimmy Wong) writes...
>Hi,
> 
>Does anybody out there know of a standard way of measuring database 
>performance ?

The Transaction Processing Council (a consortium of hardware / software
vendors) has standardized on a benchmark called TPC-A. If there is sufficient
interest I can post information to the net otherwise mail me privately and I'll
send you what I can. Be aware that TPC-A measures the entire interactive TP
environemnt (not just the database). TPC-B is (being?) developed to provide a
benchmark of just the back-end database.

Is this the kind of info you are looking for?

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