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Interesting 4-Way Opteron System:

Zeus Web Server Breaks Performance Record

June 23, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Zeus Technology (zeus.com) announced today that the Zeus Web Server and Zeus Load Balancer will be optimized for the 64-bit AMD Opteron processor.

The optimization efforts are part of the Zeus Performance Engineering Partnership for Zeus Web Server and Zeus Load Balancer now available in AMD64 architecture implementations.

Using a 4p four-way AMD Opteron processor-based server, Zeus Web Server scored a SPECweb99_SSL score of 3498.

"Servers based on AMD Opteron processors running Zeus Web Server and Zeus Load Balancer provide the industry's fastest 4p server performance," said Ben Williams, AMD's director of the server/workstation business segment.

According to the company, the test result was the fastest four-processor SPECweb99_SSL score ever, outpacing all previous eight processor SPECweb99_SSL scores.

"With commodity hardware running at this speed it no longer makes sense to purchase dedicated hardware to perform load balancing," said John Paterson, CEO of Zeus Technology. "Software load balancing solutions when optimized for performant industry standard processors like AMD Opteron processors can perform just as adequately as hard wired units, but with the flexibility and upgradeability that only software can offer."

http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/zeu062303.cfm

How large could this niche be ? Is Zeus a significant factor ?

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DARBES