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SUN SOLARIS CONTINUES TO OUT PERFORM WINDOWS NT
Lotus Domino Web Server Independent Direct-Comparison Test Results In
Nearly 100% HTTP Request Hit Rate For Solaris Compared to NT's 20%
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MENLO PARK, CA - July 16, 1997 - In a direct comparison with identical
Web server system configurations, Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating
environment (Intel Platform Edition) proved more reliable and scalable
and had a higher overall performance than Microsoft's NT operating
system, according to Technovations, the company that conducted the
independent WebStone benchmarking test. Under high loads of up to 900
simulated Web clients, Sun Solaris operating environment achieved a near
100 percent success rate servicing HTTP requests with a Lotus Domino
4.51 Server compared to NT's 20 percent success rate on the same system.
Sun Solaris 2.5.1 operating environment also outperformed Microsoft NT
4.0 in scaling by a factor of two-to-one. The test showed that upon
adding a second central processing unit(CPU), the performance scaling
improvement of Sun Solaris operating environment averaged 60 percent
while Microsoft NT averaged only 30 percent. Additionally, SunTM Solaris
operating environment proved to be up to 65 percent faster on data
throughput than NT.
"These WebStone test results indicate that Lotus Domino running on Sun
Solaris is a far better choice for businesses that need a reliable,
accessible and scalable Web server up and running 24 hours a day, seven
days a week," said Steve MacKay, vice president and general manager,
Solaris Products Group. "The combination of Domino on the Solaris
operating environment results in unsurpassed performance and, most
importantly, the uninterrupted webtone service that enables companies to
maintain a competitive edge in the global market."
As both intranet and Internet usage increases, companies such as web
service providers, who plan to capitalize on information demands will
need an environment that handles heavy traffic, even if the volume can
not always be anticipated. Companies deploying Domino on the Solaris
operating environment have the capability to handle the unanticipated
volume increases and network hits that are demanded of today's internal
and external web service providers.
This benchmark reinforces results of a January 1997 record-setting Lotus
Domino performance test. This earlier test used the Lotus NotesBench
tool and compared Sun Solaris 2.5.1 against Microsoft NT 3.51 and IBM
OS/2. It resulted in the best overall performance up to that time,
including the highest Mail and MailDB capacity, response time and
throughput, and the best Idle User result with the maximum number of
users connected to a Domino server.
WebStone Benchmark Tests
The WebStone benchmark is a commonly used test suite that measures the
performance of Web server software and hardware. The WebStone 2.01
results obtained by Technovations provided direct comparisons for the
two operating systems in several areas, including:
* Server Availability: Connections per second/errors per second
* Scalability: Effect on performance in adding second CPU
* Data Throughput: Mbits per second
* Connection Rates: Connections per second
The tests were conducted in order to compare and understand the
performance characteristics of the Lotus Domino 4.51 Server on the two
leading operating systems. Benchmark tests were run by Technovations on
a 200 MHZ Proliant 5000 System (Compaq Computer Corporation).
Technovations International Inc., an independent company specializing in
performance and benchmarking technologies, conducted the WebStone 2.01
test. For the entire test results, go to:
technovations.com.
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