High Level Look at TPC-W
 
 
The TPC-W benchmark represents a typical workload of a business oriented web server where there is simultaneous execution of multiple transaction types that span a breadth of complexity that includes:
- On-line and deferred transaction execution modes.
 - Databases consisting of many tables with a wide variety of sizes, attributes, and relationships.
 - Transaction integrity (ACID properties).
 - Contention on data access and update
 - Security and authentication required.