[Techtalk] Performance metrics for email processing
Kai MacTane
kmactane at GothPunk.com
Tue Jul 13 13:49:29 EST 2004
At 7/13/04 01:41 PM , Terri Oda wrote:
>A simple "filter A took X minutes, filter B took Y minutes... for Z
>messages." is all I have in mind at the moment, but what other metrics are
>useful when it comes to email processing?
False-positive and false-negative rate come to mind, if you have a clear
definition of what those would mean. (Or just "error rate", if the
processing is something more complex than a yes/no (i.e., "spam/ham") answer.)
You might also want to record the CPU load before, during and after testing.
--Kai MacTane
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