="#runtime_footprint">Run-time Footprint</a>
	  </li>
	</ul>
      </li>
    </ul>

    <p><hr><p>
    <a name="throughput"></a>
    <h3>Optimizing Throughput</h3>

    <p>
    In this context, ``throughput'' refers to the number of events
    occurring per unit time, where ``events'' can refer to
    ORB-mediated operation invocations, for example.  This section
    describes how to optimize client and server throughput.
    </p>

    <p>
      It is important to understand that enabling throughput
      o