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Windows NT server 4.0
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Windows NT server 4.0
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Dynamic Web Server Performance
 Window NT Server is significantly faster as
a Web server for serving dynamic content.
 Since Windows NT Server 4.0 with Internet
Information Server (IIS) provides a highly
optimized Web server API
E-Commerce Performance
 These types of applications require the
highest levels of security to ensure that
personal data is protected.
 The ability of a Web server platform to
efficiently handle secure content using SSL
is critical to these types of applications.
Static Web Server Performance
 The ability to efficiently handle static content
such as HTML pages and images remains a
fundamental requirement of a Web server
platform.
 SPECWeb, an industry standard benchmark,
has provided a good measure of the static
performance capabilities of Windows NT
Server 4.0 with IIS and others.
File Server Performance
 Another fundamental requirement of a
server operating system is the ability to
share files over a network.
 This has been a service integrated into the
kernel of Windows NT Server since it’s
initial release.
Windows NT Server 4.0
Performance Trace Record
 An OS can compete in the enterprise, it
must deliver performance levels on network
server applications that rival or exceed the
levels that other OSs achieve.
 Transaction Processing Council(TPC) and
Standard Performance Evaluation
Corporation(SPEC) SpecWeb measure
proprietary
Transaction Processing Council
Purpose
* Most widely recognized industry benchmark measuring
database performance
* Reports transaction per minute
* Reports of overall cost per transaction
Windows NT * Top 10 TPC-C price performance solutions
Server4.0
* Top performance results on single, dual, quad, and 8
processor servers.
Results
* Results form most major Windows NT Server database vendors
SpecWeb
Purpose
Windows NT
Server4.0
Results
*
Widely recognized industry benchmark for measuring the static
performance capabilities of a web server
* Among the top single, dual and quad processor results
*
Results from most major server hardware vendors
Sales and Distribution Benchmark
Purpose
* The SAP SD Benchmark is one of the most resource intensive
benchmarks for measuring the capabilities of SAP in an ERP
enviroment
Windows NT * Lowest cost per SD user
Server4.0
* Satisfies 95 percent of the ERP marketplace with
support for over 4,000 SD users
Results
More Than Performance
There are many additional factors beyond performance
which enterprise customers most consider:
Reliability
* Security
* Application Availability
* Hardware support
*
Technical support
* Ease of use
* Integration
* Application Development
*
Reliability
 Several OEMs offer 99.9 percent update
guarantees on Windows NT Server4.0
 Support for high availability application
clustering and TCP/IP-bases load
balancing
 Journalizing file system for file-level
reliability and recoverability
Security
 Single, secure sign-on across multiple
servers in a networked environment
 System services run in a secure context,
providing higher levers of security for
multi-user services
Application Availability
 Over 8000 NT compatible applications Servers in a
networked environment
 Over 4000 applications run on NT Server
 650 apps carry the Designed for back Office Logo,offering
directory and security integration
 Extensive internal and external beta testing to ensure
binary compatibility across services and applications
Hardware Support
 Support for the latest hardware innovations
 Support for 24k devices- 15K with the “Designed for
Windows NT” Logo
 Driver development kit to assist hardware vendors in
developing device drivers hardware compatibility
testing
Technical Support
 Dedicated support network
 350,000 Microsoft Trained Professionals
 160,000 Microsoft Certified Engineers
support through parterns and OEMs
Ease of Use
 Integrated platform built around ease of
use
 Consistent GUI-Bases tools
 Wizards to simplify complicated tasks
 Scripting administration for automated
local and remote management.
Integration
 OS services and applications are designed
to be integrated and work together
 Integrated security across OS services
and applications
Application Development
 Integrated component model and server application
services
 Broad language support including Java
 Web application framework server
 Integrated message queuing services and transaction
processing service
 Database interoperability with distributed transaction
support(DTC)
International availability
 Localized in 14 languages
 Deep UNICODE support throughout
system
Deployment Road Map
 Windows Distributed interNet Applications
(Windows DNA)
 Digital Nervous System
 More than $2 billion in research and development
spending by Microsoft against the roadmap; in
addition to investments by ISV’s and OEM’s to evolve
the platform.
Conclusion
Windows NT server4.0 has been deployed in a wide variety of
environments ranging from small businesses to most demanding
e-commerce sites on the Internet.
Windows NT server4.0 gives customers a server OS that delivers
the features and functionality needed to build reliable and
scalable business solutions.
Windows NT server4.0 continues to offer a significant
performance advantage.
Reference
 PC Week article, “Tests show than
numbers”
 PC Magazine benchmark test
 Mindcraft comparison report
 Transaction Processing Performance
Council Web site