Workload description

The workload we used for our tests was an OLTP benchmark involving a mix of five concurrent transactions of different types and complexity.

The database was comprised of nine types of tables with a wide range of record and population sizes. The workload results are measured in transactions per minute (tpm).

The workload simulates a complete computing environment where a population of users executes transactions against a database. The benchmark is centered on the principal activities (transactions) of an order-entry environment. These transactions include entering and delivering orders, recording payments, checking the status of orders, and monitoring the level of stock at the warehouses. The benchmark portrays the activity of any industry that must manage, sell, or distribute a product or service.

Each database server was driven by a unique client machine executing the workload client driver.

There was no interaction between database servers.