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System Under Test

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Measured system; SUT; Target environment; Test object; Tested environment

Definition

A System Under Test (SUT) is a complete system that comprises hardware, software, and connectivity components; that is the object or target of a performance measurement test or benchmark.

Historical Background

While the term System Under Test is somewhat generic in nature, it was formalized in the early 1990s by industry consortiums with the mission of defining industry standard performance benchmarks, such as the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC – www.tpc.org), the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC – www.spec.org), and the Storage Performance Council (SPC – www.storageperformance.org).

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The purpose of a test or benchmark is to determine how a target environment behaves under a controlled load or in response to specific requests. As such, the definition of the System Under Test plays a key role in a benchmark specification. The SUT’s definition...

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  1. InfoSizing, Manitou Springs, CO, USA

    Francois Raab

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  1. School of Comp. Sci. and Engineering, University of New South Wales School of Comp. Sci. and Engineering, Eveleigh, New South Wales, Australia

    Sherif Sakr

  2. Sch of Info Techno, Building J12, University of Sydney Sch of Info Techno, Building J12, Sydney, Australia

    Albert Zomaya

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  1. Server Technologies, Oracle, Redwood Shores, California, USA

    Meikel Poess

  2. Database Systems and Information Management Group, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Tilmann Rabl

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Raab, F. (2018). System Under Test. In: Sakr, S., Zomaya, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Big Data Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63962-8_124-2

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