Now that I'm looking at the network loading data I am seeing something interesting. The NetWare server handled the first 30 minutes of load better than the OES-Linux server did, but after that the OES-Linux server provided better throughput. The difference isn't great, a few percentage points on the GbE link, but it is there. CPU is still pretty high, but it's more than keeping up.
Unfortunately, we seem to have an 'apples to apples' problem. While the network utilization appears to be higher with the OES Linux server, implying better throughputs, it is clear from the few clients that have finished the run that there was no caching involved with this particular test. Comparing numbers, therefore, will be a bear.
Ideally I'd rerun the NetWare test with client caching and oplock 2 disabled, but I don't have time for that. This server needs to be given back to the service I borrowed it from.
Tags: novell, benchmarking
Unfortunately, we seem to have an 'apples to apples' problem. While the network utilization appears to be higher with the OES Linux server, implying better throughputs, it is clear from the few clients that have finished the run that there was no caching involved with this particular test. Comparing numbers, therefore, will be a bear.
Ideally I'd rerun the NetWare test with client caching and oplock 2 disabled, but I don't have time for that. This server needs to be given back to the service I borrowed it from.
Tags: novell, benchmarking