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:PRNewswire: Mindcraft Study Shows Windows NT Server Outperforms Linux
PRNewswire: Mindcraft Study Shows Windows NT Server Outperforms Linux
Apr 13, 1999, 17 :06 UTC (94 Talkback[s]) (14509 reads)

"Mindcraft released the results of a study comparing the performance of Red Hat Linux 5.2 (updated to the Linux 2.2.2 kernel) and Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 operating systems. According to the report, Windows NT Server provides over three and a half times the performance of Linux as a Web server. Furthermore, the report shows that when testing Windows NT Server and Linux as file servers, Windows NT Server provides over two and a half times the performance of Linux."

Complete announcement.

See also, Novell's recent troubles with Mindcraft.

See also, Dave Whitinger's open letter to the mainstream media regarding this analysis.


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I find the results interesting. The Engl ...   Is that true? Is cheap just 2.5 times slower t   
Daniel Mashao
Apr 13, 1999, 17:15:06
 

Geee.  I suppose this linxu business wa ...   well, I guess we can all go home now   
Ross Lippert
Apr 13, 1999, 17:19:15
 
It's not really suprising. They did  ...   Benchmark results.   
Jeremy Allison
Apr 13, 1999, 17:20:15
 
Memo: NT Performance
From: Bill Gates
To ...   Memo From Bill Gates' Desk   
thom
Apr 13, 1999, 17:25:31
 
Sounds like MindCraft needs more trainin ...   Needs More Training   
David Frye
Apr 13, 1999, 17:25:41
 
This is certainly odd. Ziff Davis ran si ...   I smell a rat   
Zhou Shi Long
Apr 13, 1999, 17:26:49
 
And so it begins... Microsoft hiring tes ...   And so it begins...   
Eric Lee Green
Apr 13, 1999, 17:31:39
 
The Mindcraft report notes (in the "cert ...   Sponsored by Microsoft   
Steve Willer
Apr 13, 1999, 17:32:02
 
Quoting from the very end of the report: ...   The Fine Print   
thom
Apr 13, 1999, 17:34:07
 
FUD is only effective if it sounds reaso ...   Foolish FUD hurts only the FUDder   
Felix Finch
Apr 13, 1999, 17:35:42
 
So a Microsoft affiliate ran a Microsoft ...   Operation MindCrime   
brett
Apr 13, 1999, 17:35:45
 
Yeah whenever I recompile my kernel I al ...   This article is Lame   
Natas
Apr 13, 1999, 17:38:55
 
This is a valid study, even if there wer ...   Don't just dismiss this.   
Ed Slocomb
Apr 13, 1999, 17:40:46
 
Never heard of Mindcraft before this, bu ...   Appropriate Name   
Robert Smith
Apr 13, 1999, 17:44:41
 
"Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Is 25.5 ...   other studies by "mindcraft":   
James Ryan
Apr 13, 1999, 17:47:36
 
NT performed not only three and a half t ...   It is true!   
Judge
Apr 13, 1999, 17:51:16
 
Mindcraft, Inc. conducted the performanc ...   All that needs to be said...   
Steven Borrelli
Apr 13, 1999, 17:51:37
 
I looked at their other results, includi ...   other tests   
masterfres
Apr 13, 1999, 17:53:11
 
"Mindcraft, Inc. conducted the performan ...   MS sponsored.   
Tim Dion
Apr 13, 1999, 17:53:24
 
Funny, our Linux file servers seem to be ...   Linux vs. Nt   
John Donn
Apr 13, 1999, 17:58:33
 
I would like to know just which newsgrou ...   Re: Don't just dismiss this.   
Robert Miller
Apr 13, 1999, 18:01:17
 
To quote Col. Potter from MASH  "horse h ...   Mindcraft?   
Stan Fields
Apr 13, 1999, 18:02:24
 
When will they get a clue?

Tune the stu ...   These rediculous test results..   
Geoff Winans
Apr 13, 1999, 18:03:12
 
Its amazing to see Microsoft tactics hig ...   Anti-trust   
julianc
Apr 13, 1999, 18:04:05
 
"Bull-DELETED-".

I work in the MIS dep& ...   In a word,   
K. Fisher
Apr 13, 1999, 18:04:57
 
Just yesterday, there was an interesting ...   Apache vs NT   
Jacques Pelletier
Apr 13, 1999, 18:10:06
 
I noticed that the Solaris section makes ...   no price to performance?   
Tim Dion
Apr 13, 1999, 18:12:48
 
Yep!
Following comes "cut'n'past ...   Re: Sponsored by Microsoft   
Igor Gavr
Apr 13, 1999, 18:18:01
 
Did a quick look on Google, and found th ...   A Little bit of Magic   
Robert Smith
Apr 13, 1999, 18:19:54
 
Actually they did describe the Client OS ...   Re: Benchmark results.   
Donald A. Sime
Apr 13, 1999, 18:25:57
 
We need to get together and hire Mindcra ...   Hiring Mindcraft   
Eric Lee Green
Apr 13, 1999, 18:28:51
 
Sure, tune the heck out of the NT system ...   Survey...   
Steve O
Apr 13, 1999, 18:31:16
 
All tests were performed on a standard D ...   APPLES_N_ORANGES!   
mr. mom
Apr 13, 1999, 18:33:45
 
Anyone see the "study" that Microsoft co ...   MS hired guns... Quicktime?   
Ed Hoon
Apr 13, 1999, 18:40:27
 
Ok, so for my own information I just did ...   Re: No records of Mindcraft asking for help.   
Jeremy Allison
Apr 13, 1999, 18:42:41
 
Unfortunately, Microsoft has a HUGE pile ...   Microsoft front organization   
x
Apr 13, 1999, 18:48:00
 
I find these results rather fishy too. A ...   Let's respond calmly   
John Kacur
Apr 13, 1999, 18:50:24
 
I run IIS and NT4 on a 32M 486 dx-2/66 a ...   Re: Operation MindCrime   
Mike Cheponis
Apr 13, 1999, 18:56:40
 
Why does Microsoft use FreeBSD as the OS ...   HotMail isn't NT   
Shareef Huddle
Apr 13, 1999, 19:02:29
 
The way I see it, anyone who looks at th ...   Is anyone really this stupid.   
Michael Hayes
Apr 13, 1999, 19:06:02
 
Let the FUD continue by MUTHEADS!!!!!!!! ...   hahaha...let the FUD continue..   
Noel
Apr 13, 1999, 19:06:55
 
I've just done a search for "mindcra ...   Look on Dejanews...?   
John Hayward-Warburton
Apr 13, 1999, 19:12:41
 
Didn't Mattshouse have an article de ...   Mattshouse Article   
Bob
Apr 13, 1999, 19:14:22
 
To: Mindcrafty.com
From: Greedy Gates
Su ...   This is a plain lie   
Prasad Samarajiva
Apr 13, 1999, 19:16:57
 
As others have noted, the full write-up  ...   Where's the difference?   
Justin Fries
Apr 13, 1999, 19:23:20
 
I did queries on DejaNews for the follow ...   Mindcraft queries   
Eric Lee Green
Apr 13, 1999, 19:31:53
 
I like how they "optimized" apache... te ...   optimization   
Derek Balling
Apr 13, 1999, 19:32:21
 
That's only a difference of 64 MB. N ...   Re: APPLES_N_ORANGES!   
Brian Kelly
Apr 13, 1999, 19:32:55
 
It makes no difference how much FUD Micr ...   No amount of FUD can conceal the truth   
Matthew Sell
Apr 13, 1999, 19:39:15
 
Using benchmarks from Ziff-Davis Benchma ...   So they use ZDnet tools better then ZD?   
Keith Hudson
Apr 13, 1999, 19:40:13
 
If these are the same people who do thei ...   I Wonder ........   
Curt Wuollet
Apr 13, 1999, 19:44:23
 
"Mindcraft, Inc. conducted the performan ...   True: Test sponsored by Microsoft   
Mathias
Apr 13, 1999, 19:45:15
 
They state that linux was compiled with  ...   Turn on Optimization?   
Paul Sladen
Apr 13, 1999, 20:01:41
 
Uhm, 
These guys really don't know t ...   no RAID AND SMP Support???   
Chris Steinke
Apr 13, 1999, 20:08:28
 
In the test Linux used "960 MB" and NT u ...   Linux 960MB vs NT 1080MB   
Prasad Samarajiva
Apr 13, 1999, 20:23:49
 
The net posts asking for help that are m ...   net posts   
x
Apr 13, 1999, 20:40:05
 
Please note the servers had 4Gb of RAM b ...   RAM limits   
Tom Henderson
Apr 13, 1999, 20:46:55
 
NT/IIS logs were written the the RAID.
A ...   Log file location   
mitch
Apr 13, 1999, 20:52:17
 
This survey needs a rebuttal. It needs t ...   REbuttal neccessary   
Bob Keyes
Apr 13, 1999, 20:57:14
 
Looking at the disk config...

PowerEdge ...   Could lack of swap cause this?   
Krakken
Apr 13, 1999, 21:06:47
 
Hey, I just did a netcraft probe on the
 ...   NT4   
Colin Fox
Apr 13, 1999, 21:13:21
 
how can they complain about patches.. ah ...   haha Patches? they complained about patches   
Byron Miller
Apr 13, 1999, 21:38:02
 
Um, a 386 can saturate a T1 easily.

Hin ...   Re: Re: Operation MindCrime   
bem
Apr 13, 1999, 21:42:56
 
haha.. it would cost 500.00 per 25 users ...   Re: HotMail isn't NT   
byron miller
Apr 13, 1999, 21:43:03
 
After a great deal of sleuthing, I have  ...   Wrong Name   
Eric Fletcher
Apr 13, 1999, 21:44:02
 
RedHat has only been certified on PowerE ...   FYI - the this server configuration is not support   
tim
Apr 13, 1999, 21:58:15
 
I have solved their Apache collapse prob ...   Problem SOLVED   
Eric Lee Green
Apr 13, 1999, 22:02:20
 
It seems to me that there is a rather ob ...   How to put an end to performance FUD   
Sleepy
Apr 13, 1999, 22:04:39
 

I dunno, Mindcraft sound suspiciously l ...   Mindcraft, interesting name   
Benjamin Suto
Apr 13, 1999, 22:14:36
 
Yeah go ahead and search Dejanews, it ca ...   Search DEJANEWS!!!   
Tom York
Apr 13, 1999, 22:29:09
 
Ya know, I just *happen* to have *accide ...   NT vs. Linux   
Clay Berlo
Apr 13, 1999, 22:33:44
 
Anybody that knows anything about comput ...   PHB's   
John Dobbins
Apr 13, 1999, 22:56:14
 
I've read Bill Gates used to patroni ...   Bill Gates? Prostitutes?   
Steve Haynal
Apr 13, 1999, 23:09:54
 
Hmmm.  Is it me or the Samba version is  ...   Samba version used?   
Ricky Ng-Adam
Apr 14, 1999, 00:05:53
 
Why is everyone so mad?
So they take a l ...   Why so p----d off?   
dinotrac
Apr 14, 1999, 00:11:51
 
Bleeding Edge Magazine did an extensive  ...   Check out this response   
Jeff Alami
Apr 14, 1999, 00:41:31
 
It is a very good study, excellent.

Min ...   Let M$ be right   
Arty
Apr 14, 1999, 02:47:50
 
I am very suprised of the results in Min ...   Benchmark and flaming   
Erwan Esnault
Apr 14, 1999, 04:14:16
 
Mindcraft's server is down can't ...   Server's broke   
Dean Plude
Apr 14, 1999, 04:42:42
 
Im wondering why Linux couldnt user more ...   Linux has limited RAM?   
Jordi Gil
Apr 14, 1999, 04:52:25
 
Yesterday, I asked about questions poste ...   Responses on Dejanews to Mindcraft query   
John Hayward-Warburton
Apr 14, 1999, 05:42:11
 
It is really sad to see so many replies. ...   Sad   
Bojan Smojver
Apr 14, 1999, 05:52:01
 
I'm not sure that bad benchmark resu ...   The real point?   
Kev
Apr 14, 1999, 06:49:06
 
was the use of a Dell computer deliberat ...   And another thing...   
Owen
Apr 14, 1999, 07:07:39
 
I'd suspect that Mindcraft set
"wide ...   Re: Re: No records of Mindcraft asking for help.   
Daryl Biberdorf
Apr 14, 1999, 07:20:08
 
Any one know the reasons for bhatia (Guy ...   IF mindcraft right - Wish HOTMAIL was Winnt   
Prasanth Mudundi
Apr 14, 1999, 07:59:58
 
They didn't have a federal judge and ...   No Federal Judge?   
Brian
Apr 14, 1999, 10:12:08
 
4 out of 5 IT managers agree:  a Linux s ...   Tests show Linux 100% faster than a crashed NT Ser   
Will Crowe
Apr 14, 1999, 10:31:35
 
Perhaps all test entities should publish ...   Full Disclosure   
Greg Hiscott
Apr 14, 1999, 15:06:13
 
I just read http://linuxtoday.com/storie ...   Bleeding Edge has the exact reverse results   
Dave
Apr 14, 1999, 15:15:00
 
To Erwan Esnault:

Have you ever been to ...   Re: Benchmark and flaming   
Pepo
Apr 14, 1999, 16:18:54
 
The Microsoft and the their products are ...   The Windows Is the Best!   
George Szebegyinszki
May 9, 1999, 07:24:37
 
About three and half years ago--Linux wa ...   Linux will do whatever we want it to do!   
DC
Jul 1, 1999, 20:01:12
 
If Windows is the best then why does it  ...   Re: The Windows Is the Best!   
Jon Doe
Jan 10, 2001, 05:09:00
 
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