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Measuring software system performance using benchmarks

US7546598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Blumenthal · Heidelberg, DE
Mirko Luedde · Hildesheim, DE
Thomas Manzke · Bensheim, DE
Bjoern Mielenhausen · Plankstadt, DE
CHRISTIAAN EDWARD SWANEPOEL · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 3, 2004
Grant date	Jun 9, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 8, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/865
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for measuring the performance of aspects of a complex data processing system. In one aspect, a method uses a dynamic synthetic benchmark to provide performance information for a program application running on a virtual machine. The benchmark in one implementation uses a load profile that includes information about instructions that make up the application, their call frequencies, and their workloads. Microbenchmarks of individual virtual machine instructions provide performance information about the virtual machine that is used with the load profile to synthesize a performance benchmark for the application.

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