May 1997 / BYTE Hardware Lab Report

Multiprocessor Intranet Servers Inside t he Intranet Servers	NT servers challenge Unix systems on intranets -- and prove equal to the task. - by Robert L. Hummel
Best Overall: Intranet Servers	To determine our Best Overall winner, we relied primarily on performance as a selection criteria.
Interpreting Performance Time to Serve 100 URLs Single-Query Execution Time	We measured the performance of these servers by sending them a number of tasks and timing how long they took to complete the exercise.
Intranet Servers Ratings Best Unix/RISC and Best Overall: Digital AlphaServer 4100 Best NT/Intel: Compaq Proliant 5000 and HP LX Pro 6/200 SMP Digital AlphaServer 4100 Compaq Proliant 5000 HP LX Pro 6/200 SMP
Details Bar the Door Rugged Good Looks Plug and Play	Bar the Door: The Compaq ProLiant 5000 makes extensive use of daughtercards.
Test Specs Web Serving Database Serving	We tested using two different patterns of Web and processing activities.

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