Performance evaluation of a minicomputer-based data collection system
Daniel L. Pierson · ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review · 1979
This paper discussed the problems encountered and techniques used in conducting the performance evaluation of a multi-processor on-line manpower data collection system. The two main problems were: (1) a total lack of available software tools, and (2) many commonly used hardware monitor measures (e.g., CPU busy, disk seek in progress) were either meaningless or not available. The main technique used to circumvent these problems was detailed analysis of one-word resolution memory maps. Some additional data collection techniques were (1) time-stamped channel measurements used to derive some system component utilization characteristics and (2) manual stopwatch timings used to identify the system's terminal response times.