Evaluating object transactional monitors with OrbixOTM

Abstract

As more and more object-oriented transactional processing monitors are being developed, users in industries such as banking and telecommunications need systematic and critical evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses of these products. This paper presents the Middleware Evaluation Project (MEP) which aims to provide an impartial evaluation based on rigorously derived tests and benchmarks. The evaluation framework based on TPC's benchmark C is firstly presented followed by discussions on the set of evaluation criteria. Preliminary results on the OTM product OrbixOTM are also given.