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Measures

Dima Ilieva edited this page Aug 3, 2017 · 10 revisions

Measure can be defined as "the determination or estimation of ratios of quantities1 or "the extent, dimensions, quantity, etc., of something, ascertained especially by comparison with a standard2.

Measures are the raw data that Resource Providers submit to Abacus. Each measure consists of multiple entries, each of them associated with a name and unit.

You can consider the Abacus project object store example where several measures can be found.

{
  name: 'storage',
  unit: 'BYTE'
},
{
  name: 'light_api_calls',
  unit: 'CALL'
},
{
  name: 'heavy_api_calls',
  unit: 'CALL'
}

For example, it is possible to submit to Abacus a measure that has 10 storage units (bytes) and 5 light API calls.

References

1. Michell, J. (1999). Measurement in psychology: a critical history of a methodological concept. New York: Cambridge University Press.

2. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/measure

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