Enter DebitCredit

In the April 1985 issue of Datamation, Jim Gray—in collaboration with 24 others from academy and industry—published (anonymously) an article titled, “A Measure of Transaction Processing Power.” This article outlined a test for online transaction processing, which was given the title of DebitCredit. Unlike the TP1 benchmark, Gray's DebitCredit benchmark specified a true system-level benchmark in which the network and user interaction components of the workload were included. In addition, it outlined several other key features of the benchmarking process.

First, the total system cost must be published with the performance rating. Total system cost includes all hardware and software used to successfully run the benchmark, including ...

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