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BW: HP Announces World’s Fastest Web Server

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 21, 1999

Thanks to ken chaney for this link.

“HP Delivers First Performance Results on Microsoft Windows 2000
Advanced Server Beta 3 with HP NetServer LXr 8000 System.”

“… Hewlett-Packard Company today announced the world’s fastest
Web-server performance on the HP NetServer LXr 8000 system and the
first standard-benchmark data for an interim build of
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server.”

“The SPECweb96(1) benchmark results demonstrate the fastest two-
and four-way throughput ever reported …”

“These results verify that the HP NetServer LXr 8000 system is
the fastest Web server in the world. Customers could see a 60
percent throughput increase over Windows NT® 4.0 …”

Complete
announcement
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Web Webster

Web Webster

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