*********************************************************************** *********************************************************************** **************************** *************************** **************************** HP Confidential*************************** **************************** *************************** *********************************************************************** *********************************************************************** NetWare for the HP 9000 performance testing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System ~~~~~~ 9000/700 64Mb memory (max memory actually used during the tests was 30Mbyte) HP Vue running throughout tests but with nothing active. Also note that the second run of the two load test seems to be erroneous, possibly due to excessive activity on the non-isolated LAN segment. Performance tests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PC Magazine LAN LABS test: Using sequential and randon reads/writes with a 1Mbyte file on the server. The same tests were run on the measurement machine with 1-5 other PCs acting as load generators. The load generated was of hard-disk access, and is claimed to represent on the order of 10-20 real users per client. Results ~~~~~~~ Throughput in Kbits/second 512 byte 4 kbyte 16 kbyte No Load (run 1) 2109.15 3466.37 3466.37 No Load (run 2) 2078.37 3272.76 3384.51 1 Load (run 1) 1772.60 2638.73 2677.56 1 Load (run 2) 1766.92 2856.31 2880.04 2 Loads (run 1) 1389.03 2519.81 2486.81 2 Loads (run 2) 1273.53 1818.52 1742.70 3 Loads (run 1) 1221.42 2333.09 2343.86 3 Loads (run 2) 1199.23 2107.37 2155.39 4 Loads (run 1) 1026.09 2048.21 2119.52 4 Loads (run 2) 1076.74 2140.56 2319.23 5 Loads (run 1) 784.31 1662.92 1726.27 5 Loads (run 2) 838.08 1665.51 1639.79 Comparison ~~~~~~~~~~ Server type No Load 1 Load 2 Load 3 Load 4 Load 5 Load 486/25 Native 2792.34 2516.49 2300.47 2002.66 1810.06 1690.36 (12M mem) (28%) (---) (---) (---) (---) (33%) 9000/720 2928.28 2432.02 1871.73 1903.89 1788.39 1386.15 (48M mem) (43%) (66%) (82%) (88%) (90%) (97%) 3000/967 1527.56 1260.37 941.98 691.46 541.00 449.83 (128M mem) (55%) (75%) (100%) (100%) (100%) (100%) 3000/947 916.41 577.12 373.77 273.25 217.57 179.74 (64M mem) (80%) (100%) (100%) (100%) (100%) (100%) ======================================================================= Results of Portable Netware LANPERF Tests. These tests measure throughput for a single client performing sequential writes and then sequential reads to a file on the server. File Size: 256 Kbyte. Write Test Duration: 60 Seconds. Read Test Duration: 60 Seconds. All results in Kbyte/Sec. Platform 512 byte 1024 byte 4096 byte CPU Utilization Transactions Transactions Transactions (for 4KB R/W) ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ --------------- 486/33MHZ W: 268.7 W: 392.7 W: 370.7 50% Native Netware R: 257.5 R: 386.9 R: 391.8 06% 486/33MHZ * W: 272.2 W: 412.5 W: 420.5 16% Native Netware R: 253.8 R: 383.2 R: 391.3 06% 720 W: 279.0 W: 426.5 W: 433.8 40% R: 279.1 R: 423.3 R: 429.0 40% 967 W: 125.4 W: 211.2 W: 214.0 55% R: 129.8 R: 219.1 R: 219.9 55% 947 W: 71.7 W: 128.2 W: 128.7 75% R: 74.6 R: 133.1 R: 133.6 77% * This test was run with a 4 Kbyte (instead of 256 Kbyte) test file to eliminate a disk/IO bottleneck. Notes: (1) Tests measure throughput at the client. (2) Tests performed on an isolated LAN. (3) 720 running HP-UX Version 8.05 and Netware Version 3.01B. (4) 486/33 running DOS 5.0 and Netware 386 Version 3.11. (5) CPU utilization estimated via GLANCEXL on MPE/XL, Monitor on HP-UX, and the Netware MONITOR utility on the 486. Servers ------- 486/33 HP VECTRA 486 12 Mbytes memory ISA ESDI disk controller NE3200 LAN card 720 HP9000 720 32 Mbytes memory HP-UX 8.05 967 HP3000 967 128 Mbytes memory 947 HP3000 947 64 Mbytes memory MPE-XL 3.1 Client ------ IBM PS/2 Model 70 8 Mbytes memory 3COM 3C523 LAN card Native Netware 3.11