Neal Nelson Measures Higher Throughput with 32-Bit Version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.CHICAGO -- Neal Nelson & Associates, a Chicago area computer performance consulting Performance consulting is a subdiscipline of consulting that focuses on teaching people to be more effective in the workplace or in their personal lives. Its goals can be summarized in the slogan "work smarter, not harder". firm, has announced test results that show a possible 37 percent throughput advantage when a Web-based application See Web application. is run under the 32-bit version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell, targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, but can be installed on Desktop computers for testing as well. New versions are released at an interval of 18-24 months. 10 from Novell (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), in comparison to the same machine running a 64-bit version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. The tests were run on a computer configured with two AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Opteron 64-bit processors. "Computer performance is affected by many factors, including the operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. software," stated Neal Nelson, president of the consulting firm. "By running an application on a given machine with two different versions of the operating system, we have successfully isolated the performance impact on this application of the 32-bit version versus the 64-bit version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server." The tests were conducted in the client/server benchmarking laboratory at Nelson's Chicago area offices. During the tests, as many as 512 emulated users processed credit card transactions on an AMD Opteron-based server. The transactions were accepted through Apache2 ".cgi" web pages. "Novell offers both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise because we have long realized some applications will run faster under a 32-bit operating system while others will require a 64-bit operating system," said Justin Steinman, director of marketing for Linux and Open Platform Solutions at Novell. "This test confirms that this Small Business Transaction Benchmark[TM] application running under Apache2 delivers higher throughput with the 32-bit version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10." A white paper is available that describes the test methodology and provides more information about these findings. The white paper can be found at the http://www.worlds-fastest.com web site or by sending an email request to office@nna.com or by calling (847) 851-8900. The Neal Nelson benchmarking laboratory is available to commercial and government users for independent computer performance tests. |
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