2009-12-17

Steps for a performance evaluation study

1. State the goals of the study and define the system boundaries
2. List system services and possible outcomes
3. Select performance metrics
4. List system and workload parameters
5. Select factors and their values
6. Select evaluation techniques
7. Select the workload
8. Design the experiments
9. Analyze and interpret the data
10. Present the results. Start over, if necessary.

Read more about this in the book The Art of Computer Systems Performance by Raj Jain

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