Throughput

  • Authors:

  • Peter J. Denning

  • Affiliations:

  • -

  • Venue:
  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The throughput of a system is the number of jobs, tasks, or transactions the system completes per unit time. Throughput is often used as a figure of merit, with higher values indicating better performance. System engineers use analytic or simulation models to help determine a system configuration and server capacities that enable the system to meet throughput and response-time targets.