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From: sdo@cbnewsl.att.com (scott.orshan)
Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks
Subject: Re: Transactions per second
Message-ID: <1991May16.200333.5247@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 16 May 91 20:03:33 GMT
References: <1991May14.083738.8899@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
Organization: UNIX System Laboratories
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In article <1991May14.083738.8899@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> gnatz@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Rupert Gnatz) writes:
>
>Is there somebody out there who can tell me whether there is some sort 
>of a standardized definition of that measure:  *Transactions per second*. 
>
>I would appreciate some references.


The most standard measure I can think of for Transactions per Second
is to count the number of transactions and divide by the number
of seconds :-)

If you'd like to restrict yourself to database transactions, the
Transaction Processing Performance Council has a couple of benchmarks defined,
and they are working on a couple of others.

TPC can be reached at:

	TPC
	c/o Shanley Public Relations
	777 N. First St., Suite 600
	San Jose, CA 95112-6113
	408-295-8894

There's also a good book on the topic:

	Performance Analysis of Transaction Processing Systems
	by Wilbur H. Highleyman
	1989
	Prentice Hall
	ISBN 0-13-657008-9


Scott Orshan
UNIX System Labs
TUXEDO Performance Analysis
908-522-5063
sdo@attunix.att.com