We have developed an empirical performance assessment framework for distributed object architectures. It defines the important performance criteria for distributed objects and presents a basis for gathering the quantitative data on which a comparative assessment of different distributed object models is possible.

Source code of the Performance Assessment Framework is available for downloading for the following:
 
The performance assessment framework has been used by the performance optimizations of the RMI-IIOP product, developed at IBM Hursley Java Technology Centre, UK. The project was leaded by Simon Nash and Alan Stevens.
 
We would greatly appreciate any feedback, particularly performance results measured by the Performance Assessment Framework