ADVANCE/Intergraph Shatters TPC-C Benchmark Price/Performance Records With Pentium Pro Processor/Windows NT-Based InterServe; Web Server Front-End For Client/Server Database Access.(ADVANCE) HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1996-- Intergraph Computer Systems today announced record-breaking price/performance results for the industry-standard Transaction Processing Performance Council Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 to define transaction processing and database benchmarks and to disseminate objective, verifiable TPC performance data to the industry. Benchmark C (TPC-C A benchmark that measures overall transaction processing performance. See TPC. ) using its Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. Server-based InterServe Web server powered by Intel Pentium Pro The sixth generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that uses it. Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the Pentium, models from 150 MHz to 200 MHz were released. processors. By producing unprecedented results with a realistic configuration that even small and mid-range sized businesses can afford, Intergraph provides departmental power at workgroup server pricing, offering customers a new way to access databases. In the first published results of a TPC-C benchmark using the Intel Pentium Pro processor, Intergraph achieved an unparalleled price/performance rating of $123.15/tpmC (transactions per minute) at a rate of 1,675.53 tpmC. The previous best price/performance figure was $141/tpmC at a rate of 3107. Intergraph achieved this result using its 200 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium Pro processor-based InterServe MP-610 as a database server and a single 200 MHz Pentium Pro processor-based InterServe Web-300 as the front-end server. "Before today, a vendor would have been ecstatic to shave just five dollars off the cost per tpmC," said Wade Patterson, president of Intergraph Computer Systems. "With our InterServe MP and Web servers, Intergraph has dramatically lowered the cost, and is totally rewriting the rulebook on what constitutes leading price/performance for servers." Intergraph's results are especially important because they validate the use of a Web server as a gateway to a database server. Many organizations are considering this type of environment as they use databases to create more dynamic Web pages or begin doing business on the Web. With Intergraph's high-performance solution, companies can affordably design and implement intranets, Web-based services, and other transaction-intensive applications. The results also represent a new performance standard for a single-processor (uniprocessor) database server handling simulated real-world online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. (OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing ) environments. Previously, the best uniprocessor server performance result was 1,496.1 tpmC at $320/tpmC -- more than two and a half times more expensive for less performance. "Intergraph's record-breaking TPC-C results demonstrates the Pentium Pro processor's price/performance benefits for both database and web server applications," said John McNulty, director of Enterprise Server Program at Intel Corporation. "This innovative benchmark is the first TPC-C result published for a Pentium Pro processor-based system and shatters the previous record for price/performance held by a RISC-based system. These results establish the Pentium Pro processor as the preferred architecture for client/server database systems." Rich Tong, general manager in the desktop and business systems division at Microsoft(R) Corporation, said, "Intergraph's TPC-C results prove that Microsoft's Internet strategy is right on target. Our Microsoft BackOffice(TM) integration with Windows NT Server helped Intergraph achieve this level of performance and affordability by providing a highly optimized path for accessing Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. (TM) via Internet Information Server See IIS. (World-Wide Web) Internet Information Server - (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server for Windows NT. IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs hosting websites that receive ." New Paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. for Client/Server Database Access ---------------------------------------------- Intergraph, which combined its InterServe servers with Intel's Pentium Pro microprocessor and the Microsoft BackOffice products (including Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server (IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. ), Microsoft SQL Server database, and Windows NT Server), is the first server vendor to generate TPC-C results entirely based on Windows NT Server. The tight integration of Windows NT Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft IIS allows the use of fewer hardware resources, especially on the Web server front-end. Other vendors have used Windows NT Server on the database server but required UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). on multiple front-end systems -- a difficult environment to implement and manage. Additionally, these configurations often are too expensive for many customers. Pricing ------- Pricing for InterServe Web Servers starts at $8,900 (U.S. list). For detailed pricing or further information, contact 800-763-0242. Intergraph Background Information --------------------------------- Intergraph Computer Systems develops, manufactures, sells, and supports computer systems for the creative and technical desktop -- the combination of compatible applications and personal productivity tools in a single desktop computer. Hardware products include Pentium Pro Processor/Windows NT-based graphics workstations and servers. A member of the Fortune 1,000, Intergraph Corporation is the world's largest company dedicated to supplying interactive computer graphics systems and the world's largest independent developer of Windows NT-based applications. Note to Editors: If you wish to provide a telephone number for reader inquiries, please use 800-763-0242. Intergraph's World Wide Web URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. is http://www.intergraph.com. Intergraph(R) is a registered trademark of Intergraph Corporation. Microsoft, Windows NT, and BackOffice are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corp. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. (End of advance for June 3). CONTACT: Intergraph Computer Systems, Huntsville Gary Frazier, 205/730-1419 Aggie Frizzell, 205/730-6139 |
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