SPECweb96 Result

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 Hewlett-Packard : NetServer LXr 8000                   ||   7006   SPECweb96
 Microsoft : Microsoft SWC 1.1 and IIS 4.0              ||
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   Throughput   Response
     ops/sec      msec
       701         4.9
      1402         5.5
      2103         6.1
      2804         6.7
      3505         7.3
      4206         8.4
      4908         9.5
      5609        11.3
      6309        12.1
      7006        13.1

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                          General Availability Dates

 Hardware            Nov-98
 Operating System    May-99
 HTTP Software       May-99

                               System Hardware

 Vendor              Hewlett-Packard
 Model               NetServer LXr 8000
 Processor           Pentium II Xeon 400MHz
 # 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    1 Ultra2 SCSI
 Disk Subsystem      5 4GB 10K RPM Drive
 Other Hardware      4 Alteon ACEswitch 180

                               System Software

 Operating System    Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 EE SP 4
 Other Software      None
 File System Type    NTFS

                                HTTP Software

 Vendor              Microsoft
 HTTP Software       Microsoft SWC 1.1 and IIS 4.0
 # of "threads"      1
 Server Cache        Microsoft Scalable Web Cache 1.1
 Log Mode            Binary CLF

                                   Network

 # of Controllers    4
 Network Controller  Alteon ACEnic PCI Gigabit
 # of Nets           4
 Type of Nets        Jumbo Frame Gigabit
 Network Speed       1000Mb/s
 MSL (sec)           30
 Time-Wait (sec)     60

                               Load Generators

 # of Generators     8
 # of Processes Each 14
 Model               Hewlett-Packard Kayak XU
 Processor           Pentium II 450MHz
 # of Processors     2
 Memory              128MB
 Network Controller  Alteon ACEnic PCI Gigabit
 Operating System    Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP 4
 Compiler            Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0

                            Benchmark Configuration

 Max Requested Load  7010
 Max Fileset Size    1830

                                 Test Sponsor

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

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                            Operating System Notes

<> Post-SP4 TCP/IP hotfix transport available May-99

                                Network Notes

<> Each switch connects one card in the SUT and two of the clients.
<> MTU size = 9000 bytes.

                                 Other Notes

<> Using Microsoft Scalable Web Cache 1.1 with Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
<> Performance Boost for Foreground Application=NONE ---Do not raise the priority of the foreground application, default is halfway.
<> IIS settings: listen port 81, logging disabled, expected hits fewer than 10000, no ISAPI filters, disable NT challenge/response.
<> IIS Home Directory: Access for “Read” and “Directory Browsing Allowed” only, Application Settings permissions "none".
<> Added Registry Entry Tcpip/Parameters/MaxHashTableSize=0x10000 ---Sets TCB hash table size to 65,536 entries, default is 512.
<> Added Registry Entry Tcpip/Parameters/MaxUserPort=0xfffe 
<> Added Registry Entry Tcpip/Parameters/TcpTimedWaitDelay=0x3c ---Sets TIME_WAIT parameter to 60 seconds (non-RFC 1122), default is 240.
<> Added Registry Entry Tcpip/Parameters/MaxFreeTwTcbs=480000 --Sets maximum number of TIME_WAIT tcbs to 480,000.
<> Set NDIS/Parameters/ProcessorAffinityMask to 0 ---Forces processor that handled interrupt to also handle that DPC, default is any processor.
<> Added Registry Entry Inetinfo/Parameters/ObjectCacheTTL=0
<> Added Registry Entry Inetinfo/Parameters/OpenFileInCache=0
<> Added Registry Entry Inetinfo/Parameters/MaxPoolThreads=1
<> Added Registry Entry Inetinfo/Parameters/PoolThreadLimit=4
<> For each Alteon NIC:
<> -Added Registry Entry Altndis(X)/Parameters/SendCoalMax=0x14 --Sets number of send buffer descriptors in send ring.
<> -Added Registry Entry Altndis(X)/Parameters/RecvCoalMax=0x28 -- Sets number of frames received before notifying host.
<> -Added Registry Entry Altndis(X)/Parameters/SendCoalTicks=0x3e8 --Sets number of microsec. before send buffers are returned to host.
<> -Added Registry Entry Altndis(X)/Parameters/RecvCoalTicks=0x3e8. -- Sets number of microsec. before recv. buffers are given to host.
<> -Set Registry Entry Altndis(X)/Parameters/JumboFrames=0x1. -- Enables Jumbo Frame support.
<> Network interrupts affinitized one NIC per CPU.
<> SWC configured with 1 thread per NIC affinitized to same CPU as NIC.
<> One 4GB 7200RPM disk for OS, 4 4GB 10KRPM disk for web pages and logs and pagefile.

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