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Windows Server 2003Performance Benchmarks : Windows Server 2003Performance Benchmarks Compared to Microsoft Windows® NT Server 4.0 and Microsoft Windows Server™ 2000
Source: VeriTest
Contents : Contents File Server Performance
Web Server Performance
Static Mix
Dynamic (ISAPI) Mix
Dynamic (CGI) Mix
E-commerce (SSL ISAPI) Mix
E-commerce (SSL CGI) Mix
Active Directory® performance
File Server PerformanceNetBench Benchmark : File Server PerformanceNetBench Benchmark File Server Performance:
64% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on single-processor systems
148% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on eight-processor systems Requests per Second ?59% ?102% ?148% ?64% Windows NT 4.0Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition File Server Performance Measurement of how well a file server handles file I/O requests from 32-bit Windows clients through network file operations
Windows XP clients with Windows Server 2003
Windows 2000 clients with Windows 2000
Windows NT clients with Windows NT
Up to 1.2 Gbps Netbench throughput over gigabit network adapters
Up to 1.6 Gbps using network adapters that support TCP Offload Engine (TOE) technology
Hardware for all tests:
HP ProLiant DL760
Intel Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz processors
4 GB RAM
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters
Source: VeriTest
Web Server PerformanceWebBench Benchmark: Static Mix : Web Server PerformanceWebBench Benchmark: Static Mix Static Web Server Performance:
162% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on single-processor systems
487% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on eight-processor systems Small, cacheable static file set of 60 MB
2% of requests result in not-found responses (status 404)
6 KB average response size
All requests non-keep-alive
Hardware for all tests:
HP ProLiant DL760
Intel Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz processors
4 GB RAM
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters
Source: VeriTest
Web Server PerformanceWebBench Benchmark: Dynamic (ISAPI) Mix : Web Server PerformanceWebBench Benchmark: Dynamic (ISAPI) Mix Dynamic (ISAPI-based) Web Server Performance:
109% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on single-processor systems
368% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on eight-processor systems Small static file set of 60 MB
Simple dynamic ISAPI DLL that generates dynamic responses
Request mix:
80% of requests are for static data
20% of requests are for dynamic ISAPI-based content
All requests non-keep-alive
Hardware for all tests:
HP ProLiant DL760
Intel Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz processors
4 GB RAM
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters
Source: VeriTest
Web Server PerformanceWebBench Benchmark: Dynamic (CGI) Mix : Web Server PerformanceWebBench Benchmark: Dynamic (CGI) Mix Dynamic (CGI-based) Web Server Performance:
39% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on single-processor systems
263% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on eight-processor systems Small static file set of 60 MB
Simple dynamic CGI DLL that generates dynamic responses
Request mix:
80% of requests are for static data
20% of requests are for dynamic CGI-based content
All requests non-keep-alive
Hardware for all tests:
HP ProLiant DL760
Intel Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz processors
4 GB RAM
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters
Source: VeriTest
Web Server PerformanceWebBench: E-commerce (SSL ISAPI) Mix : Web Server PerformanceWebBench: E-commerce (SSL ISAPI) Mix E-commerce (SSL ISAPI) Web Server Performance:
74% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on single-processor systems
158% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on four-processor systems Static file set of 60 MB with ISAPI and SSL requests
Request mix very similar to dynamic mix:
76% static content
16% dynamic ISAPI content
8% of requests are SSL(2% dynamic SSL, 6% static SSL)
All requests non-keep-alive
Hardware for all tests:
HP ProLiant DL760
Intel Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz processors
4 GB RAM
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters
Source: VeriTest
Web Server PerformanceWebBench: E-commerce (SSL CGI) Mix : Web Server PerformanceWebBench: E-commerce (SSL CGI) Mix E-commerce (SSL CGI) Web Server Performance:
50% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on single-processor systems
330% faster than Windows NT 4.0 on eight-processor systems Static file set of 60 MB with CGI and SSL requests
Request mix very similar to dynamic mix:
76% static content
16% dynamic CGI content
8% of requests are SSL(2% dynamic SSL, 6% static SSL)
All requests non-keep-alive
Hardware for all tests:
HP ProLiant DL760
Intel Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz processors
4 GB RAM
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters
Source: VeriTest
Active DirectoryDirectoryMark Benchmark: Messaging Mix : Active Directory Performance:
102% faster than Windows 2000 on single-processor systems
439% faster than Windows 2000 on eight-processor systems Active DirectoryDirectoryMark Benchmark: Messaging Mix Simulates e-mail server’s use of a directory based on LDAP protocol
1 million-user database with more than 10 organizational units
Hardware for all tests:
HP DL760
Intel Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz processors
4 GB RAM
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters
Source: VeriTest Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 Advanced Server ?102% ?116% ?149% ?439% 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 1P 2P 4P 8P Searches/sec Active Directory (Messaging) Performance
Slide 11 : Active DirectoryDirectoryMark Benchmark: Address Mix Active Directory Performance:
10x faster than Windows 2000 on single-processor systems
19x faster than Windows 2000 on eight-processor systems Simulates users looking up names in address book and expanding group for e-mail based on LDAP protocol
1 million-user database with more than 10 organizational units
Hardware for all tests:
HP DL760
Intel Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz processors
4 GB RAM
Intel PRO/1000 MF Server Adapters
Source: VeriTest Active Directory (Address Lookup) Performance 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 1P 2P 4P 8P ?10x ?13x ?17x ?19x Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 Advanced Server Searches/sec
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