SPECweb96 Result

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 Hewlett-Packard : NetServer LPr /450                   ||   2279   SPECweb96
 Microsoft : Internet Information Server 4.0            ||
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   Throughput   Response
     ops/sec      msec
       235         8.1
       470         8.4
       705        10.2
       940        12.8
      1175        13.5
      1410        14.5
      1645        15.7
      1880        16.7
      2115        20.7
      2279        27.1

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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 LPr /450
 Processor           450Mhz Pentium II
 # of Processors     2
 Primary Cache       16KBI+16KBD on chip
 Secondary Cache     512KB(I+D) off chip
 Other Cache         None
 Memory              1024MB
 Disk Controllers    Built-in Ultra-SCSI
 Disk Subsystem      2 4GB 10K RPM LVD Drive
 Other Hardware      None

                               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    4
 Network Controller  DEC DEFPA-MB
 # of Nets           4
 Type of Nets        FDDI over Cat5 UTP
 Network Speed       100Mb/s
 MSL (sec)           30
 Time-Wait (sec)     60

                               Load Generators

 # of Generators     8
 # of Processes Each 8
 Model               Hewlett-Packard Kayak XU
 Processor           300MHz Pentium II
 # of Processors     2
 Memory              64MB
 Network Controller  DEC DEFPA FDDI over UTP
 Operating System    NT 4.0 Workstation SP3
 Compiler            Visual C++ 5.0

                            Benchmark Configuration

 Max Requested Load  2350
 Max Fileset Size    1059

                                 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

<> The DEC DEFPA-MB cards are dual attach station (DAS) FDDI over category 5 twisted pair.
<> No hubs were employed, each of the 4 networks is connected as a ring using both attachments.
<> Each network included one card in the SUT and 2 of the clients.
<> client 1(prime) and 2 on 1st segment, clients 3 and 4 on 2nd, etc.
<> MTU size = 4352 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=0x249f0 ---Increases the TCB timewait table to 150,000 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.
<> Network interrupts affinitized to processor 1

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