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_4

4. Benchmarking Preparation

Bert Scalzo¹ 

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Flower Mound, TX, USA

 

At this point you may believe yourself fully ready to start your database benchmarking efforts, armed with just the information provided thus far: the database benchmarking basics, an overview of the various industry-standard database benchmarks, and an elucidation of the IO subsystem and database benchmarking tools available. Therefore, some of you might feel like this chapter is merely filler or fluff. But I’m going to impress that this chapter is, in fact, the most critical one in the entire book, and should be read with the most attention. In fact, I will further state ...