SPECweb96 Result

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 Hewlett-Packard : NetServer LXr 8000                   ||   3435   SPECweb96
 Microsoft : Internet Information Server 4.0            ||
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   Throughput   Response
     ops/sec      msec
       359         5.7
       717         6.0
      1076         6.5
      1433         7.1
      1792         7.7
      2152         8.4
      2510         8.2
      2869         8.6
      3228         9.5
      3435        11.3

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                          General Availability Dates

 Hardware            Sep-98
 Operating System    Dec-97
 HTTP Software       Jul-98

                               System Hardware

 Vendor              Hewlett-Packard
 Model               NetServer LXr 8000
 Processor           400MHz Pentium II Xeon
 # of Processors     4
 Primary Cache       16KBI+16KBD on chip
 Secondary Cache     1MB(I+D) off chip
 Other Cache         None
 Memory              4.0 GB
 Disk Controllers    Built-in Ultra-SCSI
 Disk Subsystem      4 4GB 10K RPM LVD Drives
 Other Hardware      2 Fore ASX-200BX ATM Switches

                               System Software

 Operating System    NT 4.0 SP3
 Other Software      None
 File System Type    NTFS

                                HTTP Software

 Vendor              Microsoft
 HTTP Software       Internet Information Server 4.0
 # of "threads"      1
 Server Cache        Default
 Log Mode            Combined

                                   Network

 # of Controllers    2
 Network Controller  Fore ForeRunner HE-622
 # of Nets           2
 Type of Nets        ATM OC3 & OC12
 Network Speed       155Mb/s and 622Mb/s
 MSL (sec)           30
 Time-Wait (sec)     60

                               Load Generators

 # of Generators     10
 # of Processes Each 8
 Model               Hewlett-Packard Kayak XU
 Processor           300MHz Pentium II
 # of Processors     2
 Memory              64MB
 Network Controller  Fore ForeRunner 200E ATM
 Operating System    NT 4.0 Workstation SP3
 Compiler            Visual C++ 5.0

                            Benchmark Configuration

 Max Requested Load  3580
 Max Fileset Size    1308

                                 Test Sponsor

 Tested By           Hewlett-Packard
 License Number      3
 Test Date           Aug-98

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                            Operating System Notes

<> Microsoft IIS 4.0 hotfixes applied.
<> 12/97 TCP/IP and AFD Transport.
<> hotfix(ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP3/)
<> IIS 4.0 logfix 4/98 (ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP3/)

                                Network Notes

<> Each Fore ASX-200BX switch has 5 client OC3 connections via Cat5 UTP and 1 server OC12 connection via fiber.
<> MTU size = 9180 bytes.

                                 Other Notes

<> Performance Boost for Foreground Application=NONE ---Do not raise the priority of the foreground application, default is halfway.
<> Disable IIS Windows NT Challenge/Response ---Disables IIS user information encryption, default is enabled.
<> Added Registry Entry InetInfo/Parameters/ObjectCacheTTL=0xea60 ---Keeps IIS open descriptors active at least 16.6 hours, default is 30 sec.
<> Added Registry Entry InetInfo/Parameters/MemoryCacheSize=0x400000 ---Ups the cache open descriptor table to 32MB, default is 4MB.
<> Added Registry Entry InetInfo/Parameters/ListenBacklog=0x19 ---Specifies maximum active connections to hold in server queue, default is 15.
<> Added Registry Entry Tcpip/Parameters/MaxFreeTcbs=0x3a980 ---Increases the TCB timewait table to 240,000 entries, default is 2000.
<> Added Registry Entry Tcpip/Parameters/MaxHashTableSize=0x10000 ---Sets TCB hash table size to 65,536 entries, default is 512.
<> Added Registry Entry Tcpip/Parameters/TcpTimedWaitDelay=0x3c ---Sets TIME_WAIT parameter to 60 seconds (non-RFC 1122), default is 240.

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