WebTron Performance Evaluation

M. Damon Hill

Performance evaluation is an important part of computer science and the workplace today. Planning ahead for future developments is essential in the overall performance as well financial strain of a given application. The system can become costly if the planning is not done properly to be able to handle the expected workload of the system. The objective of this report is to study the performance of the C/S application WebTron. WebTron is a multi-faceted project centered around intell igent computer interactivity. In a nutshell, WebTron is a set of tools designed to allow teachers to effectively give quizzes, exams, and surveys, while allowing the students to benefit in ways not possible with traditional tests. By project's end, will have answered questions such as: what is the bottleneck of the current system? What types of requests produce the longest service times (thus helping in the resturcturing and design of the system for more efficient performance)? What is the maximum number of concurrent users? What is the cost estimation for the system if it were made available to all colleges in the university? What upgrades would need to be made for this idea?