beg@sppy00.UUCP (Bruce Goll) (10/22/87)
NOTE: I need information by 1987 October 30. Please reply via e-mail and I
will post a summation of the reponses.
I am currently managing a project which is researching the avaliable
multiuser/multitasking operating systems for 286 and 386 pc systems for
future implementation on a Wyse 2214 and/or Wyse 3216 system. In so doing I
have need of information regarding load test benchmarks which can be
performed on the targeted operating systems.
The targeted operating systems currently slated for testing are: 386/ix,
Merge/386, PC-MOS/386, SuperDOS, and Wendin-DOS. The major goal is to have
a multiuser/multitasking operating system which provides very strong support
for MS/PC-DOS applications.
I have never done any benchmarking of any kind before so I don't really know
where to begin. Can anyone provide me with any information on the subject of
benchmarking these types of systems? Can anyone recommend a paticular
benchmark package which would be useful?
I do not need to test the hardware, I know what it can/should do, but I do
need to test the operating system in some sort of standardized manner. The
test should be the same for each operating system, I need to compare apples
to apples, not apples to grapes. Any and all assistance in this matter
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Bruce E. Goll (beg@sppy00.UUCP or ...{seismo|cbosgd}!osu-cis!sppy00!beg)
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