BT confirms Oracle 10g and Topspin Performance Improvement; More than 50% Higher Throughput with Topspin InfiniBand Server Switches.Business EditorsMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2004 Oracle(R) Corporation, the world's largest enterprise software corporation, and Topspin Communications Topspin Communications a leading InfiniBand Vendor was acquired by Cisco Systems , the leader in switched computing, today announced the results of its InfiniBand for Oracle(R) 10g software platform with BT Exact, BT's research, technology and IT division, one of Europe's leading telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. . The results highlight the performance advantages of using InfiniBand versus traditional Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. for connecting Oracle clients together with the database. BT Exact used its transaction-intensive "Real World" application test suite to compare the performance of Oracle Net Services running over Topspin InfiniBand server switches versus Gigabit Ethernet interconnects. Oracle Net Services provides the critical link through which all queries and results flow between clients and the database. Both sets of tests ran on the same set of HP industry-standard ProLiant x86 Linux servers. "The InfiniBand results in the application tier showed promise, with an average of 25 percent higher performance and a peak of 50 percent higher performance relative to the Gigabit Ethernet setup. We now plan to extend the same technology into Oracle cluster testing which is where we hope to see even more benefit," said David Butcher, Managing Director Customer Management, BT Exact. "We were happy to see that the Topspin InfiniBand switches and cards were seamless to setup and configure with Oracle 10g See Oracle database. ." Both Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g include end-to-end support for InfiniBand, the new high-speed communications interface designed specifically for data center applications. Oracle worked with Topspin to develop a set of industry standard protocols ideally suited to Oracle to take advantage of InfiniBand's 10Gb/s throughput, low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as and low overhead I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output . "Oracle Net Services over InfiniBand sets the stage for higher OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing performance and lower interconnect cost and complexity for Oracle customers, particularly for transaction intensive users," said Howard Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , Vice President of Distributed Systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. , Oracle Corporation. "Since most of our customers run some level of OLTP workload on the database, we see it having a broad benefit." With Oracle supporting InfiniBand and every major system vendor planning to ship InfiniBand server switches this year, the environment is primed for broad adoption of the technology. "We're seeing interest across many industry segments in every geography," said Pat Conte, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations, Topspin Communications. "BT's experience sets a precedent for other leading enterprise data centers around the world to benefit from InfiniBand in their data centers." About Topspin Topspin is a leader in server virtualization (1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. The "virtual machine" method can run different operating systems simultaneously, whereas the "OS virtualization" method runs applications for only one operating system (see virtual machine and OS , delivering the industry's first programmable server switch -- a new category of data center infrastructure designed to allow virtual servers to be created by interconnecting server, storage, and networking resources on-demand. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Topspin delivers a compelling return on investment by promoting resource flexibility, and dramatically reducing equipment and management costs. Topspin products and technology are integral parts of solutions offered by leading system vendors including Dell, HP, 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) , NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , RLX RLX Relaxin , and Sun. Additional information can be found at http://www.topspin.com or by calling 1-866-TOPSPIN. About the Oracle PartnerNetwork The Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 13,000 companies that deliver innovative enterprise software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. About BT Exact BT Exact is BT's research, technology and IT operations division. It specializes in telecommunications engineering, leading-edge network design, IT system and application development and has extensive expertise in business consulting and human factors. Its knowledge helps its customers across BT Group, and in other selected businesses, gain maximum advantage from their investments in communications networks and IT systems, develop new capabilities and open new opportunities. BT Exact brings together the technological expertise of BT's research laboratories and the operational experience of the teams that design and operate BT's IT systems. Backed by a team of over 6,000 technologists, it is active and influential in setting global standards. BT Exact builds on the insights and expertise developed by its research to address the demands of the next-generation internet, as well as advanced data services, information and network security, and software systems to support communications networks worldwide. For more information about BT Exact, please go to www.bt.com/btexact Topspin is a registered trademark and the Topspin logo Topspin Switched Computing System, and VFrame are trademarks of Topspin Communications, Inc. 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