Check out:
http://www.lwn.net/1999/features/MindCraft1.0.phtml
http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric/mindcraft.html
--Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert G. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux SMP Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 2:55 PM
Subject: FW: NT vs Linux info (fwd)
: Dear All,
:
: This might be of interest to the list. This is precisely why it is
: dangerous not to take (well, by now to have taken) the issue of Dell SMP
: servers, Red Hat, and SMP support seriously. One article like this can
: do incalculable damage to the reputation of both linux and Red Hat in
: the minds of corporate IT persons. I got this third hand, as NT-ophiles
: have wasted no time at all in sending it to as many individuals as
: possible hoping, I'm sure, that it networks out.
:
: <Sigh>. I really hate it when NT "wins" any kind of comparison,
: especially one of this sort. Any remarks? Was this test fair or
: "rigged" somehow?
:
: rgb
:
: Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/
: Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305
: Durham, N.C. 27708-0305
: Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
:
:
:
: *****************************************************
: NTools E-NewsFlash: Report: NT 3.5x Faster Than Linux
: *****************************************************
: April 14, 1999
:
: Hi All,
:
: As most of you know, when some important news hits the
: wires we will inform you immediately. This morning I
: found something in my in-box that will definitely throw
: some more gasoline on the raging 'NT vs Linux' fire.
:
: I quickly read through the report and could not find
: anything wrong with it at first observation. The numbers
: seem to be correct, as they are using an industry standard
: benchmark that I have used myself as well, the ZD bench.
:
: Oh, before I forget, Novell actually wrote a rebuttal
: against that last report that SMS is better than ZEN.
: Interesting reading, and this gives the Novell POV:
: http://www.novell.com/products/nds/zenworks/ms2.html
:
: But here comes today's bomb in the NT vs Linux battle.
: One wonders who pays for these tests but I will ask the
: CEO of MindCraft and report on that in the next coming
: newsletter. Here goes!
:
:
: LOS GATOS, Calif., April 13. Today, Mindcraft released the results
: of a study comparing the performance of Red Hat Linux 5.2 (updated
: to the Linux 2.2.2 kernel) and Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
: operating systems. According to the report, Windows NT Server
: provides over three and a half times the performance of Linux as a
: Web server. Furthermore, the report shows that when testing Windows
: NT Server and Linux as file servers, Windows NT Server provides over
: two and a half times the performance of Linux. The full report,
: including all of the details needed to reproduce the tests, is on
: Mindcraft's Web site at:
:
: http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html.
:
: Using benchmarks from Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operation (ZDBOp), the
: report compares the peak performance levels of both Windows NT
: Server and Linux configured both as a file server and a Web server.
:
: All tests were performed on a standard Dell PowerEdge 6300/400 server
: with four 400-MHz Xeon CPUs, 1GB RAM (960MB for Linux -- this is the
: default maximum amount of RAM that Linux supports). To simulate a
: client load, Mindcraft used 144 physical client test systems; half
: were running Windows 95 and the other half were running Windows 98.
:
: Both Linux and Windows NT Server were tuned to perform optimally under
: each of the two workloads. "We started the tests using standard Red Hat
: Linux 5.2 but had to update it because it does not support hardware RAID
: controllers and SMP at the same time," said Mindcraft's president, Bruce
: Weiner. "Linux definitely takes more time and resources to tune and to
: configure than Windows NT Server. You have to search the Net to find the
: latest kernel and driver versions to get the highest performance and most
: reliable modules. Then when you're done, Linux fails to deliver the same
: level of performance as Windows NT Server on enterprise-class servers."
:
: Mindcraft's report shows that using ZDBOp's WebBench 2.0 Web server
: benchmark, Windows NT Server and Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0
: reach a peak of 3,771 requests/second and 22.4 Megabits/second(Mbps) of
: throughput. The report goes on to show that Linux and the Apache 1.3.4
: Web server reach a peak of 1,000 request/second and 5.9 Mbps of
: throughput. The WebBench 2.0 tests also revealed that there are problems
: with Linux/Apache at high client loads. "The Linux/Apache Web server
: performance collapsed with a WebBench load above 160 client test threads,
: while Windows NT Server/IIS continued to increase performance up through
: 288 client test threads without reaching their peak performance," adds
: Mindcraft's Bruce Weiner.
:
: To simulate a file server workload, Mindcraft used ZDBOp's NetBench
: 5.01 benchmark. The testing revealed that Windows NT Server performance
: peaked at 286.7 Mbps with 112 clients, while Linux running Samba 2.0.1
: peaked at 114.6 Mbps with only 48 clients. "The integration of the SMB
: file sharing protocol with the multi-processor kernel is a key performance
: win for Windows NT Server," said Weiner. "Customers benefit every day from
: the superior scalability of Windows NT Server, which delivers vital file
: and web services at two to three times the performance of Linux as shown
: in these benchmarks," said Edmund Muth, Group Product Manager, Microsoft
: Corporation. "Empirical data like this helps customers and planners make
: informed decisions, and showcases the industrial strength technology and
: mature engineering of the Windows NT Server operating system."
:
: About Mindcraft
:
: Mindcraft is a service-oriented, independent test lab. The company was
: founded in 1985 to provide high quality services and products to vendors
: and end users who want to test software, system, and network products.
: Mindcraft is committed to work to promote standards in our industry.
: Mindcraft is the only test lab to be a member of the Standard Performance
: Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).
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:
: That's all for this NewsFlash!
:
: Warm regards,
:
: Stu
:
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