Chicago, IL, September 22, 2006 -- Neal Nelson & Associates,
a Chicago area computer performance consulting firm, has
announced test results that show a possible 37 percent
throughput advantage when a Web-based application is run
under the 32-bit version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
from Novell, 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
Opteron 64-bit processors.
"Computer performance is affected by many factors, including
the operating system 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 on 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@nealnelson.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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