Performance Management Working Group (PMWG)
UMA Technical Information
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The following PostScript files contain technical information about
the Performance Management Working Group (PMWG) Universal Measurement Architecture (UMA) Specifications. These are the versions submitted in March 1994 to X/Open(R) with a view
to becoming an X/Open standard. These are documents of PMWG, a working group of the
Computer Measurement Group (CMG).
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The UMA Preliminary Specifications have just been published by X/Open and have the following ISBN and X/Open ordering numbers:
- UMA MLI Specification ISBN 1-85912-072-5 X/Open No: P426
- UMA DCI Specification ISBN 1-85912-068-7 X/Open No: P434
- UMA DPD Specification ISBN 1-85912-069-5 X/Open No: P435
- UMA Guide ISBN 1-85912-073-3 X/Open No: G414
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UMA- Related Articles & Documents
The following PostScript paper was written by Dr. Neil Gunther. He proposes the implementation of benchmark "flight recorders" using the Universal Measurement Architecture (UMA) as the next major step in the TPC benchmarking process. This article was published in the January 1995 issue of the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) Quarterly Report.
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