[fa.info-vax] Software evaluation

info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (12/07/84)

From: Big Don Baker <BAKER@JPL-VLSI.ARPA>

	I have been delegated the "fun" task of writing a document that
describes what environment software should be evaluated in to decide who has
the best/fastest available. This document will be used to define the testing
of some DBMS systems.

	Some of the types of things I am looking at are :

		Simulated system loading including:
			Simulated terminal I/O
			Simulated Unibuss load from a tape drive and
				graphics devices
			CPU loading , How to induce and dynamically vary

		Software env