[Benchmarking] Comparison: avg time or throughput?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi,
> are we going to use average time or throughput for the
> comparison?
> 
> I'm asking since I can configure GeoServer to optimize
> one or the other, but not both, so to get the final
> numbers I'd like to know what configuration I should use.

Andrea,

I had assumed a focus on throughput, but I think whichever we list as
"primary" we also need to point out issues of average and maximum time
to satisfy a request.

Best regards,
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