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eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests

eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests
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May 28, 2012
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eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests

eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests

Here is your key to tracking the results of eWEEK Labs IT Stack tests.


eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests – Average Transactions

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In this test, which measured the average number of transactions each stack could carry out in one second, the WAMP collection of open source products on Windows servers performed admirably.


eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests – Average Throughput

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When it came to average throughput per second performance, the .Net stack of Windows Server 2003, IIS, SQL Server and Sharepoint excelled.


eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests – Average Hits

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The opensource and Java-based Liferay portal running on CentOS Linux was blazing fast in average hits per second performance.


eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests – Download Time

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This benchmark was an average of document download time throughout the test, including slowdowns and traffic overloads from the end of the tests. None of the products actually take this long to download a page.


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eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests – Take Aways

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The value of mixing and matching stack components and the surprise showing of Windows combined with open source were some of the lessons learned from our tests.


eWEEK Labs IT Stack Tests – Stack Test

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All performance benchmarking from eWEEK Labs tests of IT stacks were done using Borland Softwares SilkPerformer.

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