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To: techtonicbull who wrote (31966)	5/15/2000 8:41:00 PM
From: Sonki	Respond to of 64865

is any one using netscape ? i just down loaded w. java2 which is not a typical install. It took a litttle longer but just wanted to know what people's experiences were w. nscp browser? (new netscape ofcourse). Message 13715601 mICROSOFT CORP has acknowledged a flaw in its popular Internet browser that could let hackers steal "cookies,"

To: techtonicbull who wrote (31966)	5/15/2000 9:18:00 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

IBM M80 / Sun E6500 mid range server performance/benchmark comparsions. Some selected snips: biz.yahoo.com World's Fastest 8-way Web-Server The M80 scorched competitors on the SPECWeb99 benchmark to become the world's fastest 8-way Web server. An 8-way RS/6000 M80 running Zeus Web server software supported 3216 simultaneous connections, 78 percent better than the 1800 connections handled by the nearest competitor, an AlphaServer ES40 from Compaq Computer Corp. Designed to predict real-world Web server performance, SPECWeb99 simulates a server that supports multiple Web home pages with rotating advertisements, customized page creation, user registration and other dynamic operations. World's Best Java Machine In independent Java performance and scalability testing, an 8-way RS/6000 M80 set new world records, attaining two-and-a-half times the performance of the previous record holder, a 22-way E6500 server from Sun Microsystems. On the VolanoMark(TM) network scalability test, an 8-way RS/6000 M80 with 4GB of memory running Java 2 version 1.2.2 and AIX 4.3.3 trounced a 22-way Sun E6500 with 30GB of memory. With 9,000 connections, the M80 transferred 11,960 messages per second, 147 percent faster than the Sun E6500's 4,847 messages per second. The M80 further extended its dominance in the Java space by becoming the only system to successfully test 11,000 connections on VolanoMark, transferring 7,175 messages per second. In VolanoMark 2.1.2 local performance testing with 200 connections, an 8-way RS/6000 M80 transferred 46,370 messages per second, an 84 percent increase over the 25,131 connections posted by a Sun E6500 server configured with 22 processors. VolanoMark, a 100 percent pure Java server benchmark, has become increasingly important as e-business customers rapidly deploy Java environments as a key component of their server applications. The VolanoMark network scalability test measures how many client computers a server can support, while the local performance test determines how fast a Java Virtual Machine runs on a particular server. File Serving Leadership Demonstrating its power in a networked office environment, the M80 outperformed a more expensive Sun E4500 server to become the world's most powerful 8-way general purpose system for file-serving. In the SPECsfs97.v2 benchmark, which measures file server throughput and response time, the 8-way M80 processed 27,097 operations per second, 47 percent better than the 18,431 operations per second achieved by an 8-way Sun E4500. The M80 also handily defeated the 12-way E4500, which processed 23,815 operations per second.