SPECweb99 Result =============================================================================== || Dell : PowerEdge 4600 || 4615 SPECweb99 Microsoft : IIS 5.0 and SWC 3.0 || || =============================================================================== PERFORMANCE | Conforming Simultaneous Iteration | Connections ---------------+---------------------------- 1 | 4610 2 | 4615 3 | 4615 ---------------+---------------------------- Median | 4615 =============================================================================== Availability Dates All Hardware Feb-2002 HTTP Software May-2001 Operating System Feb-2000 Supplemental System Jun-2002 Hardware Vendor Dell Model PowerEdge 4600 Processor 2.20 GHz Pentium Xeon # Processors 2 cores, 2 chips, 1 core/chip (Hyper-Threading enabled) Primary Cache 12KBI+8KBD on chip Secondary Cache 512KB ATC Other Cache None Memory 8 GB Disk Subsystem 10 18GB 15KRPM drives Disk Controllers Onboard Adaptec 7899 Other Hardware 2 Dell PowerConnect 5012 4 Nortel ACEswitch 180 Software Operating System Windows 2000 Advanced Server File System NTFS Other Software SP2, Intel 6.2, Q298896 hotfix HTTP Software Vendor Microsoft HTTP Software IIS 5.0 and SWC 3.0 API TWC 3.0 Server Cache None Log Mode Binary CLF Test Sponsor Test Date Jun-2002 Tested By Dell SPEC License 55 Network # of Controllers 4 Network Controllers Intel PRO/1000 XT # of Nets 4 Type of Nets Gigabit Ethernet Network Speed 1 Gb/s MSL (sec) 30 (Non RFC1122) Time-Wait (sec) 60 (Non RFC1122) MTU 1500 Clients # of Clients 20 Model Dell Precision 410 Processor 450MHz Pentium II # of Processors 2 Memory 128MB Network Controller 3Com 3C985B-SX Operating System Windows 2000 Professional SP2 Compiler Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Benchmark Configuration Requested Connections 4615 Fileset Size (MB) 14888.88 =============================================================================== Notes/Tuning information SUT Notes 1 disk for OS, 1 disk for logs, 8 disk software RAID0 stripe for file set Operating System Notes Tuning parameters: - AFD\Parameters\TransmitWorker=32, adjusts system default thread, default 16 - Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate=1, prevents updating LastAccess time stamp on NTFS directories - Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache=0, limits system cache, default 1 - Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\SystemPages=0xffffffff, sets system pages - Tcpip\Parameters\DisableLargeSendOffload=0, enable large sends for TCP/IP - Tcpip\Parameters\MaxFreeTWTcbs=1098000, sets maximum number of TIME_WAIT tcbs to 1,098,000 - Tcpip\Parameters\MaxHashTableSize=0x10000, sets TCB hash table size to 65,536 entries, default 512 - Tcpip\Parameters\MaxSendSegments=0x1000, max TCP segments sent consecutively to a destination, default 64 - Tcpip\Parameters\MaxUserPort=0xfffe, sets maximum open ports to 65534 - Tcpip\Parameters\NumTcbTablePartitions=32, sets number of independent TCB table segments, default 4 - Tcpip\Parameters\TcpTimedWaitDelay=60, sets TIME_WAIT parameter to 60 seconds (non-RFC 1122), default 240 - Tcpip\Parameters\TcpWindowSize=65535, sets TCP send\receive window size, default 8192 3 NIC IRQs bound to CPU 1,2,3 via IntFiltr (4th NIC unbound) Primary, secondary SCSI IRQs bound to CPU 0, 1 respectively Intel NIC settings: - NumTxDescriptors=4096, number of descriptors to send packets, default 256. - TcpSegmentation=1, enables TCP segmentation offload, default 0 - NumCoalesceBuffers=768, number of coalesce buffers for transmit acceleration, default 128 - FlowControl=0, disables flow control, default 1 - ChecksumRxTcp=1, offloads RX checksums to NIC, default 0 HTTP Software Notes - SWC\Parameters\LogDrive=E, puts log file on E: drive - SWC\Parameters\LogFileInitialSize=0xffffffff, sets initial log file size to 4 gigabytes - SWC\Parameters\VirtualRootName=spec99, sets virtual directory name to spec99 - SWC\Parameters\VirtualRootPath=F:\wwwroot99, sets physical path where files are located - SWC\Parameters\SmallCachingThreshold=50, max size for small files (bytes), default system-dependent - SWC\Parameters\LargeCachingThreshold=1200000, max size for cached files (bytes), default system-dependent - SWC\Parameters\SmallBufferSize=0x3a, memory for caching small files (MB), default system-dependent - SWC\Parameters\LargeBufferSize=0x1b58, memory for caching large files (MB), default system-dependent - SWC\Parameters\SwcLockedMemorySize=0x6c, size of locked memory for SWC ops (MB), default system-dependent - TWC CAD buffers=1024, default not set - CGI Gateway buffers=64, default not set - CGI Gateway bound to CPU 0 via Task Manager, default last CPU Client Notes - Tcpip\Parameters\MaxUserPort=0xfffe, sets maximum open ports to 65534 - Tcpip\Parameters\TcpTimedWaitDelay=60, sets TIME_WAIT parameter to 60 seconds (non-RFC 1122), default 240 - Tcpip\Parameters\MaxFreeTWTcbs=100000, sets maximum number of TIME_WAIT tcbs to 100,000 - Tcpip\Parameters\TcpWindowSize=65535, sets TCP send\receive window size, default 8192 Other Notes Tuning Disclosure: See above Dynamic API: Dell-20001212-TWC.zip =============================================================================== Test Run Details Run Conforming Percent | Throughput Response ops/sec/ Kbits/ Num Connections Conform | ops/sec msec loadgen sec 1 4610 99.9% | 13164.3 349.2 2.85 341.5 2 4615 100.0% | 13195.4 348.4 2.86 342.4 => 3 4615 100.0% | 13112.6 350.6 2.84 340.1