Amdahl Enhances Windows NT Performance for its Data Center Class Servers; Increased CPU Cache Provides Up to 22 Percent Improvement for Mission-Critical Applications Like SAP.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997--Amdahl Corporation today announced that it will integrate Intel's new 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 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. (R) Processor with one megabyte of cache in its EnVista(TM) server family. Amdahl's measurements, using the Ziff Davis ServerBench 4.0 benchmark suite for application servers, demonstrated an increase in capacity of 22.4 percent over current systems that use the 200 MHz Pentium Pro with 512 kilobytes of cache. The larger cache size is especially important for high-capacity, high-availability datacenter workloads such as SAP R/3, OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , data warehousing and decision support. The new processor will be available with the deskside EnVista FS and rack mount EnVista FS/R in the fourth quarter of 1997 and will support highly available, highly scalable clustering configurations using Microsoft(R) WolfPack or Lifekeeper(R) for EnVista. The one megabyte cache boosts the performance of memory-intensive applications like SAP, providing extra capacity to support more users, more transactions, and more complex queries on a single server as well as across clustered 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. servers. OVerall, the improved capabilities can enhance system scalability and capacity for Amdahl customers, eliminating the need for premature hardware upgrades. In a typical environment running multiple Windows NT(R) based servers, this can dramatically reduce their overall total cost of ownership. "With our Systems/390 compatible Millennium Global Servers, Amdahl has demonstrated the importance of scalable cache sizes for large commercial applications," said Chuck Foley, Vice President, Systems Marketing, Amdahl Corporation. "Now, customers deploying enterprise-wide applications in Windows NT environments can enjoy similar benefits using EnVista servers." This is another example of the Amdahl tradition of best-of-breed offerings to our customers through technology solutions. Amdahl continues to raise the bar by providing products and services that help customers create customized solutions that help gain a competitive advantage in their industries. A single EnVista server node supports up to four 200 MHz Pentium Pro processors, 4 GB of Fast Page Mode See page mode memory. memory, and terabytes of high-performance Fibre Channel storage using Amdahl's LVS LVS Linux Virtual Server LVS Live Vaccine Strain LVS Las Vegas, New Mexico (Airport Code) LVS Low Voltage Switchgear LVS Logistical Vehicle System LVS Laser Vibration Sensor LVS Logistics Vehicle System 4500(TM) Storage System. The 200 MHz Pentium Pro with 1 MB cache will be available as an option for new purchases and as an upgrade to existing systems. About Amdahl Amdahl Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AMH AMH Abington Memorial Hospital (Abington, PA) AMH Anti-Müllerian Hormone AMH Australian Medicines Handbook AMH Automated Material Handling AMH Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) US Navy Rating ) provides integrated enterprise computing solutions designed to meet the needs of the leading, most compute-intensive environments around the world. Amdahl has more than two decades of experience with large-scale computing solutions and client/server technology. The company supports heterogeneous architectures found in mission-critical customer environments that blend Windows NT, MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. , and 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). (R) operating systems. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Amdahl combines hardware and software products and services methods with best-of-breed offerings to create customized solutions that help clients gain a competitive advantage in their industries. -0- Note to Editors: Amdahl is a registered trademark and EnVista, LVS 4500 and Millennium are trademarks of Amdahl Corporation. Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Systems/390 and MVS are registered trademarks of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation. Lifekeeper is a registered trademark of NCR Corporation. Pentium Pro is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the US and other countries, licensed exclusively (except in Japan, where such license in non-exclusive), through X/Open Company. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners. Amdahl news releases are available on the Internet at http://www.amdahl.com, the Amdahl Corporation home page. The Amdahl pages provide current, in-depth information on Amdahl offerings and solutions for enterprise computing. CONTACT: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale Mary Luciano, 408/746-6166 mas20@oes.amdahl.com or The Benjamin Group Trisha Ristagno, 408/559-6090 trisha@sv.tbgi.com |
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