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SPECweb Future Workloads Survey  

SPECweb Future Workloads Survey

What type of workload are you most interested in?

Software drivers
Chat
Help desk
Ecommerce
Internet banking
Web 2.0
Search
Other (please specify: )
Unknown

What is the primary scripting language used on your server?

PHP
Python
ASP.NET
JSP
Ruby
Other (please specify: )
Unknown

What is the operating system used?

Linux
Windows
Solaris
Other (please specify: )
Unknown

What is the web server software used?

Rockweb
Zeus
Websphere
Apache
IIS
iPlanet
Other (please specify: )
Unknown

For IT Managers:

What is the type of web server you manage?

Ecommerce
Banking
Streaming
Social networking
Portal
Other (please specify: )

Is load balancing used?

Yes
No

What type of security protocol is used?

SSL
TLS
None

What type of encryption is used?

RC4
AES
3DES
Other
None

What are the top five types of requests? (Example: login, order_status, billing, account_information, etc.) Please explain what these pages do.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

What are the different types of embedded files in your pages?

GIF files
JPG files
PDF files
Other (please specify: )

Roughly what percentage of image (embedded) files fall into each of the following categories?

0-100 KB
100 KB - 1 MB
1 MB - 10 MB
10 MB - 100 MB
100 MB - 1 GB
1 GB - 10 GB
> 10 GB

What is the average size of the dynamic HTML response?

How many image requests do you get per page downloaded?

What types of clients do you serve? For example, what percentage of your requests come from 3G clients?

Do you use compression to serve your requests? If so, what percentages of responses are compressed?

How is QOS measured?

Throughput pages/sec
Response time for pages
Throughput in bytes/sec
Latency of response
Other (please specify: )

What method do you use to keep track of user IDs and profiles?

Sessions
Cookies
Other (please specify: )

How many tiers are there in your web serving environment? For example, web server + application server would make it a two-tier system, web server + app server + database server would make it a three-tier system.

1
2
3
4

What are the tiers? (optional)

Would you be willing to share a sanitized version of your access logs for workload analysis? If yes, please provide an email address at which you may be contacted.

No
Yes (Email: )