Benchmarks

DirectoryMark 1.3 is available now. It has support for Active Directory on Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. It also has support for Active Directory in Application Mode as well as a new set of run rules.

The AuthMark™ Benchmark tests authentication and authorization performance for Web access control products.

Mindcraft is your source for the following benchmarking tools:

• WebStone - The original and still popular Web server benchmark.
• DirectoryMark - The only LDAP Directory server benchmark. You can use it to test directory server performance using your own data!

Other benchmarking tools Mindcraft has significant experience using and customizing include:

• SpecWeb99 - The Web server benchmark from the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
• SpecSFS97 - The NFS file server benchmark from the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
• WebBench - Used to test Web, proxy, and cache servers. It is from Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operations.
• NetBench - Used to test File servers. It is from Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operations.
• ServerBench - Used to test application servers. It is from Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operations.
• WCAT - Used to test Web, proxy, and cache servers. It's from Microsoft.
• inetload - Used to test Web, proxy, cache, e-commerce, directory, e-mail, and news servers. It's from Microsoft.