SPECweb96 Result

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 IBM : Netfinity 8500R                                  ||   19151  SPECweb96
 Microsoft : IIS 5.0 and SWC 2.0                        ||
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   Throughput   Response
     ops/sec      msec
      1995         5.0
      3988         5.4
      5981         5.8
      7976         6.3
      9969         6.9
     11966         7.7
     13961         9.0
     15947        10.4
     17947        14.9
     19151        20.1

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                          General Availability Dates

 Hardware            Sep-1999
 Operating System    Feb-2000
 HTTP Software       Feb-2000

                               System Hardware

 Vendor              IBM
 Model               Netfinity 8500R
 Processor           550MHz Pentium III Xeon
 # of Processors     4
 Primary Cache       32KB
 Secondary Cache     256KB
 Other Cache         None
 Memory              4GB
 Disk Controllers    Wide Ultra SCSI
 Disk Subsystem      4 9.1GB 10K RPM drives
 Other Hardware      4 Alteon ACEswitch 180

                               System Software

 Operating System    Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 Other Software      None
 File System Type    NTFS

                                HTTP Software

 Vendor              Microsoft
 HTTP Software       IIS 5.0 and SWC 2.0
 # of "threads"      1
 Server Cache
 Log Mode            Binary CLF

                                   Network

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

                               Load Generators

 # of Generators     20
 # of Processes Each 20
 Model               Intellistation Z Pro
 Processor           450Mhz Pentium II Xeon
 # of Processors     2
 Memory              256MB
 Network Controller  Alteon ACEnic PCI
 Operating System    Windows 2000 Professional
 Compiler            Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0

                            Benchmark Configuration

 Max Requested Load  19900
 Max Fileset Size    3080

                                 Test Sponsor

 Tested By           IBM
 License Number      11
 Test Date           Dec-1999

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                                Network Notes

<> MTU size = 9000 bytes

                                 Other Notes

<> 1 disk for OS/pagefile, 3 striped disks for web pages and logs
<> IIS settings: no logging, no indexing, highest performance, port

80, spec file directory
<> Network interrupts affinitized one NIC per CPU
<> Registry settings for both Clients and Server:
<>   Tcpip/Parameters/MaxUserPort=65534 (Set maximum port number used.

 Default: 5000)
<>   Tcpip/Parameters/TcpWindowSize=0xffff (TCP/IP Window size.

Default: 12xStandard frame size)
<>   NDIS/Parameters/ProcessorAffinityMask=0 (Interrupt and DPC

affinitized to same processor. Default: This will be the default for

Windows 2000)
<>   Session Manager/Memory Management/DontVerifyRandomDrivers=1

(Disables driver testing/verification code used for debugging faulty

drivers. This will be disabled by default in the final Windows2000

release)
<> Registry setting for Server:
<>   Session Manager/Memory Management/SystemPages=0xffffffff

(Increases default system page table entries. Default: set based on

physical memory size)
<>   Session Manager/Memory Management/LargeSystemCache=0 (Reduces

extra virtual space for file system cache from 960MB to 512MB)
<>   Tcpip/Parameters/TcpTimedWaitDelay=0x3c (Set TIME_WAIT to 60

seconds. Default: 240)
<>   Tcpip/Parameters/MaxFreeTWTcbs=1220000 (TCB timewait table

entries. Default: 2000)
<>   Tcpip/Parameters/MaxHashTableSize=x10000 (Set TCB hash table size

 to 65,536 entries. Default: 512)
<>   InetInfo/Parameters/PoolThreadLimit=4 (Sets total pool threads.

Default: 128)
<>   InetInfo/Parameters/DisableMemoryCache=1 (Disables memory cache

parameters. Default: 0)
<>   InetInfo/Parameters/MaxPoolThreads=1 (Configures one thread per

processor run model, default: 10)
<>   swc/Parameters/LogFileInitialSize=0xffffffff (Initial file size

for logging)
<>   swc/Parameters/LogDrive=F (Sets drive letter for log file)
<> Set for each Alteon NIC:
<>   SendCoalMax=80 (Max buffer descriptors sent before updating send

producer index. Default: 333)
<>   PciReadMax=256 (Set Max bytes per PCI read burst)
<>   JumboFrames=1 (Enables Jumbo Frame support. Default: 0)

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