Services Performance Baseline Establishment

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User Story

Implement services performance baseline establishment using TDD to measure and
document expected performance characteristics. Write tests that capture metrics
for response times, throughput, resource utilization, and establish SLA targets
for production operation.

Requirements:
- Establish performance baselines for all services operations
- Measure response times and throughput under normal conditions
- Document resource utilization patterns
- Create performance regression testing framework

Expected Output

• scripts/performance-baseline.pl - Performance measurement framework (Perl)
• scripts/sla-monitor.pl - SLA compliance monitoring (Perl)
• tests/test_performance_regression.pl - Regression testing (Perl)
• config/performance-targets.yaml - SLA and performance targets
• docs/capacity-planning.md - Capacity planning guidelines
• Documented performance baselines with continuous monitoring framework

Acceptance Criteria

• Write failing tests for performance baseline validation
• Implement comprehensive performance measurement framework
• Baseline response times documented for all services operations
• Throughput measurements established for user/channel operations
• Resource utilization patterns documented (CPU, memory, database)
• Performance regression tests created
• SLA targets defined and validated
• Monitoring integration for continuous performance tracking
• Performance optimization opportunities identified
• Capacity planning metrics established
• All performance baseline tests pass

Context

Performance baselines provide the foundation for capacity planning, SLA definition, and performance regression detection. These metrics enable proactive performance management and optimization of the IRC network.