
              NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              File Transfer Benchmarks
DOCUMENT ID:        TID251071
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               14FEB95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Issue
README FOR:         SATEST.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare for SAA 2.0 beta

ABSTRACT:

Novell's NetWare for SAA 2.0 Beta Blows Away MS SNA Server for NT 2.1 in
Performance Tests. 

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ISSUE

SATEST.EXE contains a Word Perfect for Windows file with a graph which shows
that NetWare for SAA 2.0 (beta) completes file transfers much more quickly
than SNA Server for NT 2.1.  As the load increases Microsoft SNA Server or NT
performance degrades rapidly.  NetWare for SAA 2.0 performance remains
consistent and twice as fast as SNA Server with only 100 active sessions. 
NetWare for SAA 2.0 will be available in March 1995 and support up to 2000
host sessions.  NetWare and NetWare for SAA 2.0 are clearly a much more
scalable solution for IBM host connectivity than SNA Server for NT. 

TIME TO COMPLETE A 1MB FILE TRANSFER

NetWare for SAA 2.0*
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Start       Finish     Time (m:s)   Sessions   
--------    ------     ----------   --------
7:01:30     7:04:06    2:36           1 
7:07:30     7:10:04    2:34           5       
7:18:31     7:20:56    2:25          10          
7:22:10     7:24:33    2:23          15      
7:32:45     7:35:11    2:26          20
7:38:20     7:40:42    2:22          25
7:48:00     7:50:25    2:25          35 
7:51:35     7:54:01    2:26          50 
8:00:00     8:02:29    2:29          65 
8:04:00     8:06:30    2:30          75  
8:16:40     8:19:10    2:30          85 
8:20:00     8:22:27    2:27         100     
* NetWare for SAA 2.021 Beta on top of NetWare 4.10.

MicroSoft SNA Server for NT 2.1**
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Start       Finish     Time (m:s)   Sessions   
--------    ------     ----------   --------
8:41:10     8:44:34    3:24           1  
8:46:45     8:50:07    3:22           5        
8:57:05     9:01:37    4:25          10
9:02:40     9:07:13    4:33          15  
9:18:15     9:22:46    4:31          20      
9:23:15     9:27:46    4:31          25
9:35:22     9:39:54    4:32          35 
9:40:30     9:45:02    4:32          50         
9:58:15     10:04:20   6:05          65 
10:04:40    10:10:46   6:06          75  
10:15:20    10:21:12   5:52          85 
10:22:00    10:27:53   5:53         100 

** SNASERVER ver 2.1 on top of NT ver 3.5



NetWare for SAA 1.3B***
====================
Time (m:s)  Sessions
----------  --------
2:35          1 
2:36          5 
2:26         10 
2:26         15 
2:30         20 
2:29         25 
2:27         30
2:25         35
2:29         40 
2:27         45 
2:36         50 
2:40         55 
2:34         60 
2:35         65
2:31         70
2:32         80 
2:31        100 

*** NWSAA 1.3B (Latest upgrade PTF SAA0013) on top of NetWare 4.10.


Self-Extracting File Name:  SATEST.EXE     Revision:  A

Files Included     Size     Date      Time

\
  SATEST.TXT         (This File)
 SAATEST.WPD      79893   02-02-95    8:56a


NOTES
1. All Netware Servers and the NT Server had identical hardware, ie
CPU, communication boards, disk drives, etc.1. Workstations Software:
2. All downloads from the ES9000 used the same one meg Text file that went to
the same 486E Compaq Workstation.
3. Both the NT and NWSAA Servers had EXCLUSIVE 16 Mb Token Ring access to the
ES9000.
4. The workstation software was:
- a. Windows for WorkGroups 3.11     
- b. SNASERVER CLIENT  ver 2.1
- c. Attachmate EXTRA for Windows ver 4.10


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