Abstract

Abeona Networks, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate its K-2000 Web Transaction Controller (WTC), a hybrid Web content accelerator and high-performance Web server in a single form factor. The K-2000 WTC is designed to decrease Web download times to users while simultaneously increasing a Web server=s performance and traffic-handling capabilities. Tolly engineers measured end-user transaction response times and Web server session capacity in an environment employing the K-2000 WTC and compared that performance to a baseline of a Web server configured similarly to the K-2000 WTC, which runs Abeona OS (with optimized Linux and Apache Web server modules).

Abeona Networks positioned its K-2000 Transaction Acceleration System as a combined Web acceleration platform and high-performance Web server designed to improve user response times while increasing server session capacity. In Tolly Group testing, the K-2000 TAS was compared against a baseline Linux server running Apache with a similar software foundation, creating an apples-to-apples evaluation of end-user transaction performance for both static and dynamic Web content.  

For static content, the K-2000 TAS delivered dramatically lower response times under load. Tolly reported that response times stayed below one second 99% of the time for user loads ranging from 100 to 8,000 simultaneous connections. At 8,000 users, the baseline server reached an average response time of 19,384 ms, compared with just 54 ms for the K-2000 TAS, a 360x improvement. The system also maintained far more successful connections under increasing load. Average successful static connections reached 147,418 for the K-2000 TAS versus 32,624 for the baseline server, and at 16,000 users the K-2000 TAS delivered 90 times more successful connections than the baseline.  

Dynamic content performance also improved substantially. Using a WebLogic 6.0 application server to deliver live pages, the K-2000 TAS achieved an average response time of 3,866 ms at 4,000 simultaneous sessions, compared with 33,260 ms for the baseline, roughly a 14x improvement. Across dynamic-content tests from 10 to 4,000 users, the K-2000 TAS kept response times under three seconds an average of 93.2% of the time, while the baseline server fell to 0% sub-three-second responses once loads exceeded 100 users.  

The report emphasizes that the K-2000 TAS trades a modest reduction in total successful dynamic connections for much more predictable response times, helping reduce user abandonment and improving perceived application performance. The test environment used NetStorm for load generation, an optimized Apache server running Abeona OS on the K-2000, and a standard VA Linux Apache server for the baseline. Overall, the K-2000 TAS is presented as a platform that improves Web responsiveness, scales session handling, and maintains more consistent service under heavy traffic loads.  

Note: Abeona Networks was founded in 1999. It ceased operations in the early 2000s.