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Application and method for benchmarking a database server

  • US 5,819,066 A
  • Filed: 02/28/1996
  • Issued: 10/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A benchmarking application for testing the performance of a database server, comprising:

  • a plurality of execution parameters;

    a program operable to read the execution parameters; and

    a plurality of processes generated by the program according to the execution parameters, each process generated to represent a particular user of the database server and operable to generate benchmark transactions for communication to the database server as a repeatable sequence of queries, the benchmark transactions being communicated to the database server in a selected reproducible transaction sequence for each user, the communicated benchmark transactions for all users collectively testing the performance of database-specific activity by the database server.

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