[WEB4LIB] RE: Benchmarking system performance

[Jerry Kuntz]

This site was advertised on the radio during my commute home today. May not
be especially revelant to library web services, but it might hint at
methodologies:
http://www-heva.mercuryinteractive.com/
Jerry Kuntz
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "GRAY, PAUL" <PAUL.GRAY at TCCD.NET>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Benchmarking system performance


> I would be VERY interested in that as well -
> More the methodology than the actual results.
>
> It has been my experience that a site which might reply in 2 seconds on
one
> hit --
> may take 10 or 20 seconds on another try from the same machine only a
short
> time later and maybe 5 seconds on another try.
> I have also observed and been advised by much wiser techs than myself that
> these differences have nothing to do with the local workstation.  And
while
> they MAY have something to do with traffic at the site you are trying to
> reach - they could just as easily be a function of bottlenecks any place
> BETWEEN your site and theirs.
>
> Given all of that - my (admittedly limited) mind has to wonder - how are
you
> going to provide any kind of trustworthy figures?
>
>
> Paul H. Gray,Manager - Library LAN & CLC
> TCC Northeast Campus Library
> Ext 6623
> "Those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me - - - Hank and Tennessee"
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Gale [mailto:agale at uoguelph.ca]
> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:10 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Benchmarking system performance
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >         Hello:
> >
> >       I am gathering information on guidelines or standards
> >       to follow in establishing performance benchmarks for
> >       networked resources such as web-based library catalogues
> >       or bibliographic databases.
> >
> >       I'd like to be able to come up with a series of searches
> >       to run, on an ongoing basis, and some standard to compare
> >       the response times to.
> >
> >       If anyone has any reports or other publications they could
> >       refer me to or experience to relate, I'd be pleased to hear
> >       from you.
> >
> >       Thanks for your assistance.
> >
> >
> >       ..... Alan Gale
> >             University of Guelph
> >