Financial agent calculations

• The agent gets a ~2% commission.

  • Needs 25¢/second average revenue.

• Due to burstiness, on-line agent sees 10:1 peak-to-average load.

  • Must reach a $2.50/second peak.

• At 0.1¢ average transaction, agent must handle 2500 transactions/sec

  • Something has to give:
    • transaction grain, commission, or on-line

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