[comp.dcom.lans] Practical network performance reference?

howard@COS.COM (Howard C. Berkowitz) (06/16/87)

In article <218@inco.UUCP>, todd@inco.UUCP (Todd O'Connell) writes:
> 
>     I am looking for a good reference book on network performance
>     measurements. 

      Good references for defining measurement experiments, and
      the parameters to be measured, are in ANSI standards X3.102
      and X3.141.   These parameters are meant to be comparable
      among different ssytems.

>     What I really need is something which gives
>     realistic numbers for point to point communications rates over
>     a variety of network/protocol/machine/operating system
>     combinations.  I strongly suspect that no such reference
>     exists, but I thought I'd give it a try.
> 
      VALUES for the measurements following these standards are
      rare, although they are being defined for X.25 and private
      line applications by the ANSI T1Q1 committee and the
      CCITT Study Group VII Rapporteur's Group on Quality of
      Service (Question 29). Clearly, these won't be applicable
      to internal processor performance.