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LP2000r: Large file tests
By John Bass
Network World, 08/06/01
| 1.
Random transaction type, read/write, 8K byte block |
| User
load |
Windows
NT 4.0
TPS |
Windows
2000
TPS |
NetWare
TPS |
| 1 |
9.95 |
9.93 |
9.70 |
| 100 |
906.33 |
975.64 |
921.51 |
| 200 |
1825.59 |
1482.85 |
1714.25 |
| 300 |
2614.84 |
1528.81 |
2150.05 |
| 400 |
2654.36 |
1368.36 |
2079.62 |
| 500 |
2891.61 |
1288.15 |
1708.07 |
| 600 |
2494.33 |
1228.65 |
1453.66 |
| 700 |
2262.41 |
1190.42 |
1295.18 |
| 800 |
1994.77 |
1177.89 |
1148.13 |
| 900 |
1761.26 |
1348.60 |
1022.60 |
| 1000 |
1531.18 |
1651.66 |
894.09 |
|
TPS=Transactions per second. |
|
| 2.
Random transaction type, read/write, 1K byte block |
| User
load |
Windows
NT 4.0
TPS |
Windows
2000
TPS |
NetWare
TPS |
| 1 |
9.96 |
9.98 |
9.87 |
| 100 |
979.96 |
977.90 |
947.02 |
| 200 |
1882.23 |
1870.19 |
1806.53 |
| 300 |
2678.04 |
2600.16 |
2407.10 |
| 400 |
3161.08 |
2923.61 |
2619.98 |
| 500 |
3125.35 |
2762.24 |
2211.42 |
| 600 |
2957.24 |
2422.18 |
1886.63 |
| 700 |
2414.95 |
2161.70 |
1710.86 |
| 800 |
2114.77 |
1987.45 |
1501.64 |
| 900 |
1763.66 |
1876.30 |
1344.73 |
| 1000 |
1539.61 |
1529.77 |
1170.18 |
TPS=Transactions per second. |
|
| 3.
Sequential transaction type, read/write, 1K byte block |
| User
load |
Windows
NT 4.0
TPS |
Windows
2000
TPS |
NetWare
TPS |
| 1 |
8.86 |
8.76 |
4.11 |
| 5 |
41.7 |
42.49 |
14.47 |
| 10 |
65.96 |
80.44 |
29.1 |
| 15 |
68.88 |
108.87 |
34.33 |
| 20 |
69.62 |
119.66 |
38.88 |
| 25 |
62.56 |
121.85 |
40.76 |
| 30 |
57.78 |
117.81 |
43.59 |
| 35 |
57.04 |
114.44 |
44.49 |
| 40 |
54.97 |
112 |
43.55 |
| 45 |
52.31 |
113.14 |
43.55 |
| 50 |
51.24 |
118.3 |
43.26 |
TPS=Transactions per second. |
|
| 4.
Sequential transaction type, read/write, 8K byte block |
| User
load |
Windows
NT 4.0
TPS |
Windows
2000
TPS |
NetWare
TPS |
| 1 |
9.43 |
9.09 |
5.99 |
| 5 |
46.51 |
44.62 |
28 |
| 10 |
90.58 |
87.68 |
53.56 |
| 15 |
122.21 |
115.59 |
72.92 |
| 20 |
138.26 |
136.36 |
90.34 |
| 25 |
129.21 |
162.02 |
102.03 |
| 30 |
132.24 |
151.85 |
111.19 |
| 35 |
120.64 |
161.21 |
114.64 |
| 40 |
116.75 |
161.53 |
117.66 |
| 45 |
104.69 |
163.29 |
117.94 |
| 50 |
106.73 |
164.28 |
118.78 |
TPS=Transactions per second. |
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Bass, a senior technical staff member at CNL and co-author of McGraw Hill's Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks, designs and leads the execution of the test suites. He can be reached at john_bass@ncsu.edu.
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