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by providing Proxy cache services and HTTP Acceleration, also referred to as Reverse Proxy. Compaq/Novell Joint Effort • Compaq and Novell engineers Group, and Novell SuperLabs contributed to the overall test effort. Support from BorderManager developers was also provided when necessary. • Testing - Compaq ProLiant 2500 | Communique - Novell BorderManager Performance on Compaq S - Page 2
Communications Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. ©1997 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Novell and BorderManager are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Novell - Compaq ProLiant 2500 | Communique - Novell BorderManager Performance on Compaq S - Page 3
Services, Novell IP Gateway, Network Address Translation, and Virtual Private Network (VPN). Proxy Cache Using proxy cache, a WWW browser on your network or intranet sends a user's request for a file residing on an Internet server to your HTTP proxy, which checks its cache for the file. If the file - Compaq ProLiant 2500 | Communique - Novell BorderManager Performance on Compaq S - Page 4
demand additional processing power, therefore a 2-processor ProLiant 5000 is recommended. Utilization rises due to an increase in processes required to service network interface cards. However, please bear in mind that these are preliminary test results, a more detailed analysis with benchmarking - Compaq ProLiant 2500 | Communique - Novell BorderManager Performance on Compaq S - Page 5
ECG028.0897 Communiqúe (cont.) ... IP/IP and IPX/IP Gateway Tests where conducted using a program written by Novell called Charlotte. Charlotte uses Netscape Navigator to access a user-determined list of URLs. This provides for simulation of real Web usage. After 12 hours of continuous testing
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September, 1997
Prepared By
Internet Solutions
Engineering and Asia
Pacific Division
Engineering Support
Compaq Computer
Corporation
C
ONTENTS
Executive Summary
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Overview of Novell
BorderManager
Features
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Performance
Results
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Comparison of 10 Mbps Shared
and 10 Mbps Switched
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Comparison of 10 Mbps
Switched and 100 Mbps Shared
Network
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Novell BorderManager
Performance Management on
Compaq Server Platforms
Executive Summary
What is BorderManager?
Novell BorderManager is the industry’s first integrated family of directory-based network services
that manages, secures, and accelerates user access to information at every network border—the
point where any two networks meet. Through a single point of administration, you can manage
network security policies, protect confidential information, establish user access privileges to
Internet content, and reduce WAN connectivity costs. BorderManager improves intranet and
Internet access and provides a standards-based performance foundation to support your company’s
network infrastructure. Features include packet filters, application proxy services, circuit gateways,
advanced proxy cache, secure remote access and Virtual Private Network, with end-to-end
encryption across the Internet.
A detailed description of each firewall component begins on page 3. Novell BorderManager
improves the performance of Web servers by providing Proxy cache services and HTTP
Acceleration, also referred to as Reverse Proxy.
Compaq/Novell Joint Effort
•
Compaq and Novell engineers working together enabled comprehensive Proxy Cache, HTTP
Acceleration, IP/IP and IP/IPX Gateway, and VPN testing.
The Compaq engineering team
consisted of representatives from the Asian Pacific Division, Novell Internet Solutions
Division, and Novell Core Technologies Division.
Novell engineers from the Information
Access Division, Advanced Development Group, and Novell SuperLabs contributed to the
overall test effort.
Support from BorderManager developers was also provided when
necessary.
•
Testing was conducted in Novell’s SuperLab in Provo, Utah.
This facility consists of over
1400 PC’s of various types and networking equipment.
Using switches and routers combined
with the ability to create various WAN links, a real world network was simulated.
Performance Improvements
•
Enabling Proxy Cache can increase requests per second as much as 118% while throughput
can increase as much as 116% for a 10Mbps network.
•
Enabling HTTP Accelerator can increase requests per second as much as 286% while
throughput can increase as much as 282% for a 10Mbps network.
Increases in requests per
second can be as much as 575% while throughput can be increased by as much as 591% when
upgrading to a 100Mbps network.