Glossary

This section provides a definition of Akamas' key concepts and terms and also provides references to the related construct properties, commands, and user interfaces.

Term	Definition
System	systems targeted by optimization studies
Component	elements of the system
Component Type	types associated to a system component
Optimization Pack	objects encapsulating knowledge about component types
Metric	a measured metric, collected via telemetry providers
Parameter	tunable parameters, set via native or other interfaces
Telemetry Provider	general definition of providers of collected metrics
Telemetry Instance	specific instances of telemetry providers
Workflow	automation workflow to set parameters, collect metrics and run load testing
Goal & Constraints	goal and constraints defined for an optimization study
Optimization Study	optimization studies for a target system
Offline Optimization Study	optimization studies for a non-live system
Live Optimization Study	optimization studies for a live system
Workspace	virtual environments to organize and isolate resources