Server Speed

The faster the server, the better NIS+ performs. (However, at this time NIS+ servers cannot take advantage of SMP multithreaded hardware.) Your NIS+ servers should be as powerful, or more powerful, than your average client. Using older machines as servers for newer clients is not recommended.

In addition to server speed, many other factors affect NIS+ performance. The numbers and kinds of users and hosts, the kinds of applications being run, network topology, load densities, and other factors, all affect NIS+ performance. Thus, no two networks can expect identical performance from the same server hardware.

The benchmark figures presented in Table 2-2 below, are for comparison purposes only; performance on your network may vary. These benchmark figures are based on a test network with typical table sizes of 10,000 entries. See Table 2-2.

Table 2-2 Hardware Speed Comparison NIS+ Operations

Machine	Number of Match Operations Per Second	Number of Add Operations Per Second
SS5-110	400	6
SS20-50	440	6
PPro-200	760	13
Ultra-167	800	11
Ultra-200	1270	8