ALR's Revolution 6X6 Server Breaks 13,000 Intel-based tpmC Barrier; Achieves New World Record With Industry's Best TPC-C Price/Performance.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1997-- Company Establishes Strong Foothold In The Enterprise Server Market Advanced Logic Research (ALR ALR Administrative License Revocation ALR Agricultural Land Reserve (Canada) ALR Automatic Locking Retractor (seat belts) ALR Australian Law Reports (University of Tasmania Library) ), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Gateway 2000 (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GTW GTW Gateway, Inc. (stock symbol) GTW Global Trade Watch GTW Grand Trunk Western (railroad) GTW Gatwick Airport GTW Global Trading Web (Commerce One B2B-platform) ), announced record-breaking TPC-C A benchmark that measures overall transaction processing performance. See TPC. benchmark results for its flagship ALR Revolution 6X6 symmetric multiprocessing See SMP. (parallel) symmetric multiprocessing - (SMP) Two or more similar processors connected via a high-bandwidth link and managed by one operating system, where each processor has equal access to I/O devices. (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ) enterprise server. In a published report released Thursday, the ALR Revolution 6X6 achieved the industry's highest Intel-architecture performance level and the lowest cost per transaction for delivering Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT Server based Refers to hardware or software that runs in the server. Contrast with client based. solutions across the enterprise. Garnering an unprecedented score of 13,089.30 transactions per minute (tpmC) at a price/performance ratio In economics and engineering, the price/performance ratio refers to a product's ability to deliver performance, of any sort, for its price. For instance, if you have a whole day to travel 100 km, spending $50 to do the journey in two hours is a better price/performance ratio than of $35.11 per tpmC, the ALR Revolution 6X6 Enterprise Server provides enterprise-level customers operating in database-intensive environments with the highest transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. performance at the lowest cost per transaction. The ALR Revolution 6X6's superb performance surpasses benchmarks recorded by more expensive RISC-based systems such as the eight- processor Siemens Nixdorf See Fujitsu Siemens. RM600 Model E20 with a score of 11,503.03 tpmC at $168/tpmC. The ALR Revolution 6X6 also outperforms its competitors, including a score of 11,055.70 tpmC at $43.92/tpmC on a four-processor Compaq ProLiant 7000 6/200 Model 1S and a score of 10,537.53 tpmC at $42/tpmC on a four-processor Dell PowerEdge This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. 6100. The TPC-C results were accomplished on the ALR Revolution 6X6 Enterprise Server configured with six 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 with 1-MB L2 cache (Level 2 cache) A memory bank built into the CPU chip, packaged within the same module or built on the motherboard. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, and its memory is slower than L1 memory. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, which feeds the processor. per processor, running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition and SQL Server 6.5 Enterprise Edition. The ALR Revolution 6X6 Enterprise Server achieved the record-breaking price/performance simulating a load of more than 10,000 concurrent users. "ALR and Intel have a long-standing relationship that has delivered a series of award winning server products to the market," said Gene Lu, president of ALR. "The record results delivered by ALR's six Intel Pentium Pro processor-based system with 1-MB L2 cache demonstrates not only the highest level of throughput on Microsoft's SQL Server 6.5 Enterprise Edition, but the best return on investment in the SMP server market." "ALR's TPC-C results underscore the strength of Intel's Pentium Pro processor with 1MB of L2 cache for transaction-processing applications," said Tom MacDonald, director of marketing for Intel's Enterprise Server Group. "Fully configured with six Pentium Pro processors, the ALR Revolution 6X6's absolute performance and price/performance demonstrate the headroom of the Intel architecture." "We are pleased with these record results published by ALR," said John Nordlinger, lead product manager for SQL Server at Microsoft. "Combined with built-in availability provided by the Enterprise Editions of SQL Server and Windows NT Server, this result demonstrates that enterprise customers can deploy their mission critical applications with confidence using BackOffice, while improving total cost of ownership." Today's results represent a nearly 23 percent performance increase over the previous record-breaking tpmC score achieved by the ALR Revolution 6X6 Enterprise Server, which stunned the industry by being the first Intel-architecture SMP server to break the 10,000 tpmC barrier. ALR's tpmC score of 13,089.30 features a performance rating unsurpassed by any Intel architecture-based system, using any database or any operating system. -0-
Leading Intel-based tpmC Results (a)
Company System Throughput Price/Performance Report Date
(tpmC) ($ per tpmC)
ALR ALR Revolution 13,089.30 $35.11 06-Nov-1997
6x6 c/s
Unisys Aquanta HS/6 13,089.30 $38.49 30-Oct-1997
Server c/s
Unisys Aquanta HS/6 12,026.07 $39.38 18-Aug-1997
Server c/s
Unisys Aquanta HS/6 11,327.47 $41.05 22-Oct-1997
Server c/s
Compaq ProLiant 7000 11,055.70 $43.92 13-Oct-1997
6/200 Model 1s
ALR ALR Revolution 10,665.53 $48.10 09-July-1997
6x6 c/s
Unisys Aquanta HS/6 10,665.53 $41.88 07-July-1997
Server c/s
Compaq ProLiant 7000 10,546.87 $70.82 18-Aug-1997
6/200 Model 1S
Dell PowerEdge 6100 10,537.53 $42.16 12-Oct-1997
c/s
HP NetServer LX Pro 10,505.97 $48.72 18-Aug-1997
c/s
(a) Competitive data current as of 11/05/97
The TPC-C benchmark measures online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. (OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing ) performance and is centered on the principal activities (transactions) of an order-entry environment. These transactions include entering and delivering orders, recording payments, checking the status of orders, and monitoring the level of warehouse stock. While the benchmark portrays the activity of a wholesale supplier, TPC-C is not limited to the activity of any particular business segment, but, rather represents any industry that must manage, sell, or distribute a product or service. TPC-C results are audited by one of several auditors certified by the 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. . A full disclosure report may be obtained from the Council at 777 North First Street, Suite 600, San Jose, CA 95112. The comparisons contained in this release are taken directly from results posted on the TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of Web site, http://www.tpc.org, as of 11/05/97. ALR Revolution 6X6 Corporate Business Server - System Highlights Available in floor-standing and rack-mountable configurations, the ALR Revolution 6X6 is the computer industry's first Pentium Pro-based server product in the "beyond four" SMP server market. Competitively priced to a four-way design, the ALR Revolution 6X6 features scalability of up to six Pentium Pro processors, a wide range of high-availability offerings, and ALR InforManager integrated server management featuring ActiveCPR. Geared for capacity-intensive environments such as Windows NT Server, the ALR Revolution 6X6 also features 12 expansion slots, six RAID-ready drive bays, and 128-MB RAM expandable to 4-GB DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. (Error Checking and Correction) memory. Standard with the system is a load-sharing, N+1 redundant power supply subsystem. For more information on the ALR Revolution 6X6, contact ALR at 800/444-4ALR, 714/581-6770, or visit the company's Web site at http://www.alr.com . The company can also be contacted via CompuServe: GO ALRINC or via America Online: Keyword ALR. About ALR Based in Irvine, Advanced Logic Research (ALR) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gateway 2000 (NYSE:GTW). An industry leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance computer systems, ALR engineered the industry's first four-way and six-way SMP server systems featuring Intel Pentium Pro processor technology. Developed in response to the changing role of the PC server in today's corporate computing environments, these products form the cornerstone of ALR's award-winning portfolio of advanced multiprocessor servers and computer workstations. The same commitment to quality engineering and operation is provided in ALR's new desktop and portable personal computers. To support customers worldwide, ALR has offices located in Germany, Singapore and the United Kingdom. For further information, contact ALR at 800/444-4ALR or 714/581-6770. The company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.alr.com . About Gateway 2000 Gateway (NYSE:GTW), a Fortune 500 company founded in 1985, is a leading global direct marketer of PC products. The company, with headquarters in North Sioux City, S.D., has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Ireland and Malaysia and employs over 10,000 people worldwide. Gateway products and services consistently win top awards from leading industry publications. In 1996, the company shipped 1.9 million systems and reported revenues of $5 billion. Revenue for the first half of 1997 was $2.8 billion with net income of $124 million. For further information, visit Gateway at http://www.gateway.com . -0- TPC Benchmark, TPC-C, and tpmC are trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corp. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. ActiveCPR is a trademark and ALR is a registered trademark of Advanced Logic Research. All other brand and product names are registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Advanced Logic Research, Irvine Lal Dabgotra, Product Manager Advanced Server Products (Rackmount) 714/581-6770, Ext. 3399 E-mail: lald@alr.com Joe English, Product Manager Advanced Server Products (Towers) 714/581-6770, Ext. 4425 E-mail: joee@alr.com |
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