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Benchmark Book

Name: Benchmark Book
Author: Richard Grace
ISBN: 9780133418019

by Richard Grace

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Overview

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 clear language written for non-specialists, Rich Grace takes you behind every major benchmark used in the computer industry. You'll understand widely used desktop benchmarks like WinBench 96, WinStone 96, and SysMarkWin - and today's most sophisticated benchmarks for UNIX workstations, servers, networks, transaction processing systems, and scientific applications. Whether you depend on benchmarks from SPEC, TPC, Neal Nelson, AIM, GPC, or Ziff-Davis, this book will help you make the most of them. You'll learn the advantages and disadvantages of both synthetic and task-oriented benchmarks, and when to use each.

A comprehensive reference to computer benchmarks that span the entire industry, this book discusses key benchmark programs in every major operating system, including NT, UNIX, Novell NetWare, Windows 3.1, and Mac System 7. It provides insights into key technologies that make each benchmark program work.

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Explains major benchmarks used in the computer industry, for nonspecialists, covering desktop benchmarks such as WinBench 96 and SysMarkWin, as well as benchmarks for UNIX workstations, servers, networks, transaction processing systems, and scientific applications. Discusses the advantages and drawbacks of synthetic and task-oriented benchmarks and when to use each, shows how to guard against benchmark manipulation by vendors, and tells how to use benchmarks to estimate LAN performance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)