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.WAND file
A Report Class Summary or Report Class Details produced during workload analysis. Contains performance data and parameters from the measurement period broken down by class.
workload
A logical collection of work units that consume computer system resources. The work units may be processes, images, transactions, or commands, or anything the user identifies with.
workload analysis
A step in capacity planning that includes workload characterization, classification, and bottleneck analysis.
workload characterization
(1) A process that is part of workload analysis. It links the business forecasting units, for example, number of checks printed, number of cars manufactured, and so on, with the system resource consumption, for example, CPU use, I/O rate, and so on.

(2) The process of defining (for a new system) or determining (for an existing system) the resource utilizations on a per-user basis and then grouping users with similar resource consumption or usage patterns, or activities together into workload classes for the purpose of forecasting future growth.

workload class
A group of users with similar workload demands or other common attributes.
workload forecasting
The process of determining the rate at which each class of users is expected to grow over time.


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