SPEC award, mail server benchmark
Monday May 11, 2009
At SPEC's 2009 annual meeting, awards
were given for SPECtacular contributions.
When your competitors and partners alike join to honor one of your
own it indicates that person has truly excelled. There are 77 member
organizations in SPEC including hardware vendors, software vendors,
universities, government agencies, and more. We are joined by a
common belief that the industry as a whole is well served by a common
base of reliable and representative measures of computer system
performance and energy. Thereby our companies benefit from more
effective test results at lower cost. And for academia, the SPEC
benchmarks provide a common reference point from which to begin
performance and energy related studies.
It takes a lot of
hard work to produce these benefits. Each year the individuals who
are recognized by their peers as having done the most to advance
SPEC's mission are singled out for awards. And now I have the
pleasure of thanking these exceptional people publicly. I won't list
everyone since some people don't want their names posted; but you
know who you are.
I'll start today
by thanking Michael Abbott of Apple
who carried the brunt of the new profile and code changes to the
SPECmail2009 benchmark,
and contributed invaluable insight and analysis on message
characteristics to improve the representativeness of the benchmark.
SPECmail2009 simulates corporate mail server workloads ranging from
250 to 10,000 or more users, using industry standard SMTP, IMAP4, SSL
v3.0, and TLS 1.0 protocols. Folder and message MIME structures
accomodate traditional office documents and a variety of rich media
content.
The SPECtacular award winners like Michael are making
a positive difference in the industry, and so I say thank you! (More
award winners coming...)
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