Imagine That You Are Proposing a New Disk IO Benchmark

question 5

Essay

Imagine that you are proposing a new disk IO benchmark for transaction processing, what sort of experiments would you perform to show that your benchmark's results are meaningful. Imagine that you are reviewing a paper introducing a new disk IO benchmark for transaction processing. What sort of subtle flaws would you search for?

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Definitions:

Interaction Component

Part of an analysis that measures the effect of combining two or more factors, beyond their individual effects.

Main Effects

The direct influence of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experimental design, ignoring the interactions with other independent variables.

Factorial Experiment

A factorial experiment is a type of experiment where two or more factors are varied simultaneously to observe their effect on the experimental outcome.

Balanced

Refers to a situation in which different groups or factors in a study or experiment are of equal or nearly equal size or importance.