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Testing Linux with Real World Workloads
Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) have developed three freely av
ailable real-world database workloads to characterize the performance of the Lin
ux kernel. These customizable workloads are modeled after the Transaction Proces
sing Performance Council's industry standard W, C, and H benchmarks, and are int
ended for kernel developers with or without database management experience. The
Scalable Test Platform can be used by those who do not feel they have the resou
rces to run a large scale database workload to collect system statistics and ker
nel profile data. This paper describes the kind of real world activities simula
ted by each workload and how they stress the Linux kernel.
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