Counts per second doesn’t need a unit. It’s probably closer to flux (generic definition, not specific definition).
counts per second is common in particle physics
counts per second is common in particle physics
The value of flux measurements is to be comparable across different scales.
When looking at scaling software systems the equivalent is looking at ‘requests per second per process’, which is sort of a flux metric. One way to think of auto scaling is as a process that adjusts the number of processes to keep constant request flux as the overall request volume changes.
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