1.5 Performance Requirements
Measured in max transaction per second (tps) or per minute (tpm), and dollars per tps or tpm.
Dollars measured by list purchase price plus 5 year vendor maintenance (“cost of ownership”)
Workload has this profile:
- 10% application server plus application
- 30% communications system (not counting presentation)
- 50% DB system
TP Performance Council (TPC) sets standards
TPC A & B (‘89-’95), now TPC C &W