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SPEC SFS97 is the NFS server benchmark which replaced SFS93

A UNIX term for a command interpreter and its environment. Typically a program that supports the interpretation and execution of commands

SFS97_R1 is version 3 of the NFS benchmark, replacing the SFS97 suite

A computer that provides some service for other computers connected to it via a network. The most common example is a file server, which has a local disk and services requests from remote clients to read and write files on that disk

Known as SPEC SFS, SFS93 is the NFS server benchmark which evolved from LADDIS

A contract between a network service provider and a customer that specifies, usually in measurable terms, what services the network service provider will furnish

An air-cooled server that accepts only room air

A file that contains a sequence of instructions for an interpreter or the script for that interpreter to follow

Random access memory (RAM) that retains data bits in its memory as long as power is being supplied. SRAM provides faster access to data and is typically used for a computer's cache memory

Conditioned air is supplied to the inlets of the rack/cabinet for convective cooling of the heat rejected by the components of the electronic equipment within the rack. It is understood that within the rack, the transport of heat from the actual source component (e.g., CPU) within the rack itself can be either liquid- or air-based, but the heat rejection media from the rack to the terminal cooling device outside of the rack is air