The benchmark book

About this book

When major investments in hardware and software are on the line, it's critical to have objective methods of measuring computing performance. But computer benchmarking is so complex that it can quickly become subjective, debatable, and difficult to interpret. What's really in those benchmarks, and how can you tell what the results will mean in your environment? In language written for non-specialists, this volume takes readers behind every major benchmark used in the computer industry. Discusses widely used desktop benchmarks, and today's most sophisticated benchmarks for UNIX workstations, servers, networks, transaction processing systems, and scientific applications.