SPECweb99 Benchmark (Retired: October 2005)

SPECweb99 is the next-generation SPEC benchmark for evaluating the performance of World Wide Web Servers. As the successor to SPECweb96, SPECweb99 continues the SPEC tradition of giving Web users the most objective and representative benchmark for measuring a system's ability to act as a web server. In response to rapidly advancing Web technology, the SPECweb99 benchmark includes many sophisticated and state-of-the-art enhancements to meet the modern demands of Web users of today and tomorrow:

Standardized workload, agreed to by major players in WWW market
Full disclosures available on this web site
Stable implementation with no incomparable versions
Measurement of simultaneous connections rather than HTTP operations
Simulation of connections at a limited line speed
Dynamic GETs, as well as static GETs; POST operations.
Keepalives (HTTP 1.0) and persistent connections (HTTP 1.1).
Dynamic ad rotation using cookies and table lookups.
File accesses more closely matching today's real-world web server access patterns.
An automated installation program for Microsoft Windows NT as well as Unix installation scripts.
Inter-client communication using sockets.

SPECweb99 does not support measurement of performance involving transactions using SSL encryption; for SSL performance measurement please see the SPECweb99_SSL benchmark.

Results

Submitted Results: Text, HTML3.0, PDF, and PostScript outputs for the SPECweb99 metrics; includes all of the results submitted to SPEC from the SPEC member companies and other licensees of the benchmark.

Information

New: Alternate version of 'manager' available (05/29/2003)

An alternate version of 'manager' is available to current benchmark licensees; this version allows you to retrieve the POST log from the SUT faster by bypassing the web server and doing a direct network copy using rcp (or an equivalent for your OS); see the Support FAQ for further information. To request a copy of the alternate version of manager please send an email, along with your license information, to info@spec.org.

SPECweb99 v1.02 Released (08/11/2000)

A maintenance release version 1.02 is now available which addresses several issues found in the client test harness after the 1.01 release. Documentation updates were made as well. For more information, see section "1.2 What is SPECweb99 Release 1.02" of the SPECweb99 FAQ. Current licensees may obtain a 1.00/1.01 to 1.02 update kit via ftp or web download at no charge; email the SPEC Office, and include your contact information and license number.

SPECweb99 Press Release

SPEC's press release from annoucement day of SPECweb99.

SPECweb99 Documentation:

SPECweb99 FAQ (Last updated: 08/11/2000): The Frequently Asked/Answered Questions about SPECweb99.
SPECweb99 Support FAQ (Last updated: 05/29/2003): Technical support FAQ addendum to the main SPECweb99 FAQ.
SPECweb99 Design Document (Last updated: 07/21/2000): A white paper describing the architectural design behind SPECweb99 benchmark.
SPECweb99 Benchmark Run and Reporting Rules (Last updated: 05/15/2001): The actual rules that govern the running and reporting of results for SPECweb99.
SPECweb99 User's Guide (Last updated: 07/21/2000): The actual user's guide that is included on the SPECweb99 CD-ROM.

Issues Building/Running SPECweb99

Installation, build, and runtime issues raised by users of SPECweb99.

Order your own copy of SPECweb99

The order form to purchase this and any other SPEC/OSG benchmark.

Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

SPECweb99 Benchmark (Retired: October 2005)

Results

Information