Transactions Per Second
Encyclopedia
In a very generic sense, the term Transactions Per Second refers to the number of atomic actions performed by certain entity per second. In a more restricted view, the term is usually used by DBMS vendor and user community to refer to the number of database transaction
s performed per second.
Database transaction
A transaction comprises a unit of work performed within a database management system against a database, and treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other transactions...
s performed per second.