The Problem in Words
You manage the accounting department in your company. You are contemplating installing a new server to handle the growing computing needs of your department. However, you have your doubts as to whether or not the system proposed by the computing services department will be adequate to meet your current and future needs. Your department has 32 employees that will make continuous use of the server throughout the day. You do some research and determine that the mean time between server requests is 40 seconds per user. On average, it will take the proposed server 2 seconds to process a user request. Will the proposed server provide the horsepower needed by your department?