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TO: See Below
 
Subject: New Application Performance Guide                                      
From:	HYDRA::MRKTNG::SLATER "New DTN 381-2445 as of 4/24/95  16-Aug-1995 1714" 16-AUG-1995 17:47:14.10
To:	@ASEPG-INTEREST
CC:	SLATER
Subj:	I: Application Performance and Configuration Guide - 5th Edition
  DIGITAL       INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
  To:      ASEPG Interest List       Date: August 15, 1995
                                     From: Marc Slater
                                     DEPT: ASE Performance Group
                                     EXT:  DTN: 381-2445
                                     LOC:  ZKO1-3H41
                                     ENET: MRKTNG::SLATER
  Subject: Applications Performance and Configuration Guide, 5th Edition
  The Application System Engineering Performance Group is pleased
  to announce the availability of the Application Performance and
  Configuration Guide, 5th Edition.
  Sales and sales support personnel can use the information in this
  guide to help their customers plan, configure, and maintain 
  application systems that meet the customers' performance requirements.
  The guide describes:
  o  How to measure an application system's performance
  o  How to implement a capacity plan
  o  How to position these products on the Alpha family of systems
  o  How to size a system to meet specific customer application needs
  o  How to configure the system for optimal performance
  o  How Digital evaluates the performance of various applications
  This edition of the Guide contains new and revised performance information
  for:
	- Netscape Communications Inc. V1.0 and NCSA Mosaic World Wide Web
	  Servers
	- MailWorks V1.5 for Digital UNIX
	- MailWorks V1.3 for OpenVMS
	- ALL-IN-1 Office Server V3.1
	- LinkWorks V2.1.7
	- SAP R/3 V2.2
	- Oracle Cooperative Applications Release 10.4.2
	- PeopleSoft General Ledger V2.2
	- PeopleSoft Payroll
	- Dun and Bradstreet Millennium on AlphaServer 8400 systems
	- SAS Institute statistical analysis on AlphaServer 8400 systems
	- Teknekron Software Systems application suite
  The Guide will be available shortly from the Integrated Repository (VTX IR)
  in the Performance and Benchmarking (PB) area.
  A complete description of the Guide and how to copy all or portions of it
  are available at:
  World Wide Web:		http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/
  anonymous UNIX ftp		ftp://yesmom.zko.dec.com/guide/vol1/readme.txt
  anonymous OpenVMS ftp		ftp://nutmeg.mko.dec.com/asepc5/readme.txt
  OpenVMS copy			NUTMEG::USERG:[ASEPG.ASEPC5]README.TXT
  We are very interested in hearing any comments you have regarding 
  this Guide. Please send comments, questions, and suggestions to
  MRKTNG::ASEPG.
  Best regards,
  Marc Slater
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