unit-profiling, similar to unit-testing

[Ulrich Eckhardt]

Hi!

I'm currently trying to establish a few tests here that evaluate certain 
performance characteristics of our systems. As part of this, I found 
that these tests are rather similar to unit-tests, only that they are 
much more fuzzy and obviously dependent on the systems involved, CPU 
load, network load, day of the week (Tuesday is virus scan day) etc.

What I'd just like to ask is how you do such things. Are there tools 
available that help? I was considering using the unit testing framework, 
but the problem with that is that the results are too hard to interpret 
programmatically and too easy to misinterpret manually. Any suggestions?

Cheers!

Uli