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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Hi
All!</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><?xml:namespace
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">I have
been </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">exhaustively</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">testing
and comparing several ORBs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">One of
the tests gives info on the ORB "performance" in several scenarios of "m
clients" -"n servers". The servers are actually several instances of the same
CORBA Server.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">This test
is very simple: for the time window of 5 seconds <SPAN
class=517112810-02092003>a </SPAN>client continuously calls a method in all
existing CORBA servers, the score is the number of CORBA invocations that the
"very busy" client was able to do in that period.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">I have
detected what I believe to be an anomaly in omniORB v.402. Just to make sure
I've made the test to omniORB v402 twice and the results are basically the same,
differ in very small scores but the anomalous behaviour
persists.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The first
ORB also behaves strangely but it will be of no importance in the future, I will
however maintain it anonymous ;)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Test
environment: <SPAN class=517112810-02092003>OS: </SPAN>NT4.0, CPU: P<SPAN
class=517112810-02092003>III </SPAN>1GHz, RAM: 256 MB.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Scenario
1-20<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">ORB X:
104<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">omniORB
v401: 152<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">omniORB
v402: 197<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Excellent performance!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">Scenario
1-30<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">ORB X:
113<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">omniORB
v401: 128<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">omniORB
v402: 131<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Still good results!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">Scenario
1-40<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">ORB X:
104<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">omniORB
v401: 112<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">omniORB
v402: 99<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>What's going from now on?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">Scenario
1-50<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">ORB X:
92<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">omniORB
v401: 100<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">omniORB
v402: 96<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">Scenario
1-60<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">ORB X:
66<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">omniORB
v401: 96<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES">omniORB
v402: 92<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: ES"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Did
anyone observe similar behaviour while testing/using omniORB v402?
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Thanks a
lot for the attention,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Sílvia
Rocha</SPAN></P>
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