Virtualization

Assignment 1: Baseline Performance Report

A tool used to assess virtual performance is the baseline performance report. This assignment will help you understand the advantages and disadvantages of using this tool and discover any issues in using it.

Tasks:

Using the Argosy University online library resources, your course textbook, and the Internet, research on the baseline performance report. Based on your research, respond to the following questions:

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the baseline performance report? Explain in detail. What are the areas that are measured in the baseline performance report?
• Are all major performance areas covered in the report? Why or why not?
• Which additional areas would you suggest be measured? Why?

Note: Your response should rely upon at least two sources from professional literature—articles from peer-reviewed journals and relevant textbooks. Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and use accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Submission Details:

• By Week 3, Day 3, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area.
• Through Week 3, Day 7, review and comment on at least two of your classmates' responses. Consider the following in your response:
  • Provide a statement of clarification or a point of view with rationale.
  • Challenge a point of discussion or draw a relationship between one or more points of the discussion.