SPECweb96 Result

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SPEC has determined that this result was not in compliance with the SPECweb96
run and reporting rules.  Specificly, the result did not meet the 6 month
availability requirement in the SPECweb96 run rules due to a change in
availability of Microsoft Windows 2000.

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 Hewlett-Packard : NetServer LXr 8000/500               ||   NC       SPECweb96
 Microsoft : Internet Information Server 5.0            ||
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   Throughput   Response
     ops/sec      msec
       NC          NC
       NC          NC
       NC          NC
       NC          NC
       NC          NC
       NC          NC
       NC          NC
       NC          NC
       NC          NC

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                          General Availability Dates

 Hardware            Apr-99
 Operating System    Oct-99
 HTTP Software       Oct-99

                               System Hardware

 Vendor              Hewlett-Packard
 Model               NetServer LXr 8000/500
 Processor           Pentium III Xeon 500MHz
 # of Processors     1
 Primary Cache       16KBI+16KBD on chip
 Secondary Cache     2MB(I+D) off chip
 Other Cache         None
 Memory              8.0 GB
 Disk Controllers    1 Ultra-SCSI and 1 Ultra 2 SCSI
 Disk Subsystem      4 D6019A Ultra 1 SCSI 9GB 10K and D6107A Ultra 2 SCSI
 Other Hardware      2 Alteon ACEswitch 180

                               System Software

 Operating System    Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition
 Other Software
 File System Type

                                HTTP Software

 Vendor              Microsoft
 HTTP Software       Internet Information Server 5.0
 # of "threads"      1
 Server Cache        Microsoft Scalable Web Cache 1.2
 Log Mode            Binary CLF

                                   Network

 # of Controllers    2
 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     16
 # of Processes Each 20
 Model               Hewlett-Packard Kayak XU
 Processor           Pentium II 450MHz
 # of Processors     2
 Memory              128MB
 Network Controller  Alteon ACEnic PCI Gigabit
 Operating System    Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 Compiler            Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0

                            Benchmark Configuration

 Max Requested Load  5150
 Max Fileset Size    1567

                                 Test Sponsor

 Tested By           Hewlett-Packard
 License Number      3
 Test Date           Apr-99

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                            Operating System Notes

<> Windows 2000 available Oct-99.

                                Network Notes

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

                                 Other Notes

<> Software: Internet Information Server 5.0.  Microsoft Scalable Web Cache 1.2
<> Performance boost for foreground applications---
<> 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 following registry entries to Tcpip/Parameters/
<>      MaxHashTableSize=0x10000---Sets TCB hash table size to 65,536 entries, default is 512.
<>      MaxUserPort=0xfffe---Sets maximum user port to 65534.
<>      TcpTimedWaitDelay=60---Sets TIME_WAIT parameter to 60 seconds (non-RFC 1122), default is 240.
<>      MaxFreeTwTcbs=520000--Sets maximum number of TIME_WAIT TCBs to 520,000.
<>      DisableTaskOffload=0--Enables checksum offloading.
<> Set registry entry NDIS/Parameters/ProcessorAffinityMask to 0---
<> Forces processor that handled interrupt to also handle that DPC, default is any processor.
<> Added following registry entries to Inetinfo/Parameters:
<>      ObjectCacheTTL=0---Sets object caching time-to-live to 0 seconds.
<>      OpenFileInCache=0---Sets number of active files in cache to 0.
<>      MaxPoolThreads=1---Configures one thread per processor run model.
<>      PoolThreadLimit=2---Allocates four thread total to handle HTTP requests.
<> For each Alteon NIC modified following driver configuration entries:
<>      SendCoalMax=80--Sets number of send buffer descriptors in send ring.
<>      RecvCoalMax=20--Sets number of frames received before notifying host.
<>      PCIReadMax=256--Sets maximum number of bytes per PCI read burst.
<>      SendCoalTicks=1000--Sets number of microsec. before send buffers are returned to host.
<>      RecvCoalTicks=1000--Sets number of microsec. before recv. buffers are given to host.
<>      JumboFrames=1--Enables Jumbo Frame support.
<> SWC configured with 1 thread per NIC affinitized to same CPU as NIC.
<> One 9GB 10KRPM disk for OS, 4 9GB 10KRPM disk for web pages, logs and pagefile.
<> Alternate HTTP/HT.c used. Repeated client-side calls gethostbyname() ommitted
<> as approved by SPEC.
<> No change in measured server performance but reduction in client load.

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