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--- examplebenchmark [2008/06/17 21:37] – converted to 1.6 markup 127.0.0.1
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 ===== Results =====
-A table or other ""short"" description of what the result of the benchmark was.
+A table or other //short// description of what the result of the benchmark was.
-Full results should be attached as a file to the page and ""not"" pasted directly into the page.
+Full results should be attached as a file to the page and //not// pasted directly into the page.
 ===== Hardware Used =====
-A ""short"" description of the hardware used including motheboard, CPU description, disks, memory size etc.
+A //short// description of the hardware used including motherboard, CPU description, disks, memory size etc.
-Please attach the dmesg output as a file to the page and do ""not"" paste it directly into this page.
+Please attach the dmesg output as a file to the page and do //not// paste it directly into this page.
+===== Active Analysis =====
+A list of observability tools that you used to analyze the benchmark while it was running ("active benchmarking"). Eg, top, iostat, DTrace, etc.
+It is easy to accidentally benchmark the wrong thing. This can often be avoided by using other tools to verify the benchmark is operating as expected.
+===== Instructions =====
+Short instructions for running the benchmark: eg, the command line or config used.