CS 491B Project

Web Galaxy

Wendy Tan

Web GalaxyProject IntroductionDemoAnalysis

Project IntroductionE-commerce Web Site in three setupsContent

Product Display by product categoryProduct SearchShopping Cart

Three SetupsRed Hat Linux

Apache 1.3

MySQL

MOD_PERLMason

Window 2000

IIS 5.0

SQL 2000

C# ASP.NET

Window 2000

Apache Tomcat

MySQL

JSP/Servlet

MotivationCurious about different choices of web server setup and server-side languagesHave done similar web programming project for CS 437, want to try something new PERL/MySQL/Apache/JavascriptYears of work experience in web site development

HardwarePentium III 700 MHZ128 MB RAM12 GB Hard drive

DemoSetup 2 – written in C#Setup 3 – written in JSP/Servlets

AnalysisDatabase comparison (Emphasis)Language comparisonWeb Server comparisonPerformance Chart of Setup 2 and Setup 3

Database ComparisonHardwareOperating SystemPriceFeatureConclusion

Database HardwareSQL 2000 MySQL

Pentium 166 MHz or higher

128 MB RAM or more

recommended

270 MB hard disk

(full installation)

Should have at least 32

MB RAM and at least

60 MB hard disk

Database Operating System

SQL 2000 MySQL

Windows-based Windows-based

Sun Solaris; FreeBSD

Mac OS X; HP-UX

AIX-Based; QNX

SGI Irix; Dec OSF

Database PriceSQL 2000 MySQL

Standard Edition

$4,999 per processor

Enterprise Edition

$19,999 per processor

Free under the terms of

the GNU General Public

License.

$495 per copy (1-9)

Database FeatureSQL 2000 MySQL

Views

Triggers

Stored Procedures

Foreign Keys

Cursors

User-defined functions

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

only InnoDB tables

Not supported

C, C++ external libraries

Arrays

Database ComparisonConclusion

Both databases are stable and efficient

Database ComparisonConclusion

SQL 2000 AdvantageHolds the top TPC-C performance and price/performance results. Generally accepted as easier to install, use and manageTransact-SQL is a more powerful language than MySQL dialect.

Database ComparisonConclusion

MySQL 4.1 AdvantageSupports all known platforms

Requires less hardware resources

Free under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Works with medium size databases (10-100 million rows, or about 100 MB per table) on small computer systems.

Language ComparisonPERL JSP/Java

ServletsC#

1987Most popularMod_perl – server embbed interpreterTemplates

Late 1990sCreated to complete with CGI by PERL

2002Syntax similar to Java

Web Server ComparisonApache IIS

Most popular web server since April of 1996

69% of web sites use Apache

Winner in the Netcraft and Security Space monthly surveys

Dominant among Fortune 1000 enterprises

21%

Performance TestComparison Charts of both static and dynamic web pages involves database accessesComparison Chart of database accessPerformance Test Limitations

Empty Cart Page

0.000

0.020

0.040

0.060

0.080

0.100

0.120

0.140

0.160

1 & 2 3 & 4 5 & 6 7 & 8 9 & 10

Attempt

Tim

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ec)

C#

Java

C#: 0.081 sec AverageJava: 0.122 sec Average

Add to Cart Page

0.000

0.020

0.040

0.060

0.080

0.100

0.120

0.140

0.160

0.180

0.200

1 & 2 3 & 4 5 & 6 7 & 8 9 & 10

Attempt

Tim

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ec)

C#

JAVA

C#: 0.177 sec Average JAVA: 0.151 sec Average

Profile Page

0.000

0.020

0.040

0.060

0.080

0.100

0.120

0.140

1 & 2 3 & 4 5 & 6 7 & 8 9 & 10

Attempt

Tim

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se

c)

C#

JAVA

C#: 0.102 sec AverageJAVA: 0.094 sec Average

Search Page

0.000

0.500

1.000

1.500

2.000

2.500

1 & 2 3 & 4 5 & 6 7 & 8 9 & 10

Attempt

Tim

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sec

)

C#

JAVA

C#: 0.163 sec AverageJAVA: 2.189 sec Average

Category Page

0.000

0.500

1.000

1.500

2.000

2.500

1 & 2 3 & 4 5 & 6 7 & 8 9 & 10

Attempt

Tim

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se

c)

C#

JAVA

C#: 0.154 sec AverageJAVA: 2.179 sec Average

Averages of All Charts

0.000

0.500

1.000

1.500

2.000

2.500

Empty CartPage

Add to Cart Profile Search Category

Tim

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se

c)

C#

JSP/Servlet

SQL Database

0.000

0.005

0.010

0.015

0.020

0.025

0.030

0.035

1 2 3 4 5

Attempt

Tim

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ec)

SQL2000

MySQL 3.23.46

SQL2000: 0.006 sec AverageMySQL: 0.024 sec Average

Performance Test Limitation

Optimized CodingDifferent Versions of OS,Server & DBHardwareDifferent techniques for certain functionalitiesMulti-users/concurrent requests

ConclusionConsideration of Choosing a web setup

Operation System – platform dependenceAmount of data transaction involved and type of transactionNumbers and concentration of users Developer resources

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