Database Benchmarking and Stress Testing: An Evidence-Based Approach to Decisions on Architecture and Technology

© Bert Scalzo 2018

Bert ScalzoDatabase Benchmarking and Stress Testinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4008-3_3

3. Benchmarking Tools

Bert Scalzo¹ 

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Flower Mound, TX, USA

 

In Chapter 1 we differentiated between a database benchmark, database stress test, and workload capture/replay. Then in Chapter 2, we covered all the relevant database benchmarks, both current and past (i.e., obsolete). So much like a teen learning to drive a car, you’ve now studied the rules of the road and passed the written test to obtain a learner’s permit. Now it’s time to exercise that knowledge and to do some actual driving (long before ever taking the final road test). For that, the anxious and excited teen would need the use of a car and a legal driver as a passenger ...