Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Software evaluation Message-ID: <3691@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 07:54:24 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.3691 Posted: Fri Dec 7 07:54:24 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 05:13:46 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 42 From: Big Don BakerI have been delegated the "fun" task of writing a document that describes what environment software should be evaluated in to decide who has the best/fastest available. This document will be used to define the testing of some DBMS systems. Some of the types of things I am looking at are : Simulated system loading including: Simulated terminal I/O Simulated Unibuss load from a tape drive and graphics devices CPU loading , How to induce and dynamically vary Software env