Compaq Announces Support for Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 and a New Price/Performance Record.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1996--Continuing to leverage its technological leadership and industry-standard approach to distributed enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. , Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) -- the world's leading server vendor -- today announced, around the world, record breaking price/performance for its ProLiant family of enterprise-class servers. The company also announced the next phase of its partnership with Microsoft(R) Corp. in developing high-availability computing solutions with the delivery of 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) for failover for Compaq Online Recovery Server. Announcement highlights include: o Record-breaking TPC-C A benchmark that measures overall transaction processing performance. See TPC. price/performance results of $148 per tpmC on the ProLiant 4500 5/133 enterprise-class server, running Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, on 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. (R) Server; o The industry' best-ever recorded database performance on Windows NT Server -- 3641 tpmC; o Enhanced system availability with Microsoft SQL Server 6.5's support for Compaq's Online Recovery Server Option. New TPC-C(a) benchmark results on the Compaq ProLiant 4500 5/133 running Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 demonstrate that this platform delivers measurably better price/performance results compared to more costly, proprietary systems from Hewlett Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation and 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) . The ProLiant 4500 5/133 delivers the midrange-class performance required for demanding application and database server environments in a distributed enterprise, as well as the industry s best price/performance. The ProLiant 4500 5/133 with Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 and Windows NT Server delivered the best ever recorded transaction performance on Windows NT Server-- measured at 3641 tpmC -- and a new price/performance record of $148 per tpmC -- which is about half the cost(b) of traditional midrange systems. The ProLiant 4500 5/133 models support up to four 5/133 System Processor Boards, each with a 2MB ServerCache-2, delivering excellent scalability for data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , decision support and OTLP applications.
System(c) tpmC $/tpmC Total 5 Year Database/
Cost of Operating
Ownership System
Compaq
ProLiant
4500 5/133
(four Pentium
133 Mhz) 3641 $148 $537,508 Microsoft
SQL Server
6.5 and
Windows NT
Hewlett Packard
HP 9000 Model
K410 c/s 3809 $364 $1,384,763 ORACLE
7 v. 7.3
and HP-UX
10.01
Digital Equipment
Corp.AlphaServer
2100 5/300 c/s 3194 $196 $ 626,214 SQL Server
6.5 with
Windows NT
3.51
IBM RS/6000
PowerServer J30
(eight Power PC
601/75MHz) 3119 $349 $1,089,831 DB2 for AIX
2.1 and AIX
4.1.2
NCR (ATT)
WorldMark 4100S
(eight Pentium
133 Mhz) 2692 $489 $ 646,820 Informix
Online 7.12
with NCR UNIX
SVR4 MP-RAS 3.0
Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Support for Compaq Online Recovery Server Today, Microsoft also announced the availability of support for Compaq Online Recovery Server. Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 will provide automatic, unattended reconnection of clients and mapping of database tables, allowing clients to transparently failover to the second server in a Compaq Online Recovery Server system. Customers benefit from high-availability business critical data without the requirement to have on-site technical expertise. This solution utilizes a combination of hardware and software to allow two ProLiant servers running Windows NT Server to provide back-up processing for each other in the event of a server outage. "This new fast failover methodology allows customers deploying Windows NT Server-based solutions to achieve the same uptime levels previously available only to customers who deployed proprietary and expensive database solutions. This level of cost-effective fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. makes Microsoft SQL Server an excellent choice for business-critical database solutions," said Jim Ewel, group product manager for SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. , Microsoft Corp. "We are delighted to be jointly defining and delivering a new high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. industry standard solution previously only available in proprietary midrange 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). environments." "This is the first of many breakthrough announcements on high availability solutions to come from the Compaq and Microsoft partnership," said Jeff Erramouspe, director of software marketing, Compaq Systems Division. "In addition to the immediate customer benefit of providing increased system availability with the Compaq Online Recovery Server and Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 solution, we are working with Microsoft to deliver future high availability solutions based on the 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 clustering See clustering. APIs." SmartStart Makes Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Integration Easy Compaq will also optimize Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 via SmartStart, the integration tool that optimizes platform configurations and simplifies the installation of tested and reliable servers, relational databases, and other client/server-related software. Compaq and Microsoft Partnership Compaq and Microsoft have partnered since 1983 to offer customers seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of leading-edge systems technology for distributed enterprise computing environments. The joint work on database failover for Online Recovery Server today and clustering solutions for the future represent Compaq and Microsoft's ongoing commitment to supply customers with industry leading performance, scalability and data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. for deploying solutions utilizing the client/server model. Other best-in-class partnership milestones include Compaq's support for Microsoft's Internet Information Web Server (See related release, February 12, 1996), delivery of the industry's first Microsoft BackOffice See BackOffice. (TM) integrated bundle (Compaq ProLiant Model NT/Array) on Compaq's leadership server platform, joint "Plug-n-Play" specification development, first "Plug-n-Play" enabled PCs, Compaq named as the "Lead Systems Partner for Windows(R)95", and record-setting benchmark results on Compaq systems running Microsoft's Windows NT Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and SAP R/3. Innovative Service and Support Programs Compaq and Microsoft share an extensive network of highly trained resellers and service providers. The combined strength of this network is unmatched in the industry with over 10,000 Microsoft Solution Providers and 38,000 Compaq marketing partners worldwide. By joining forces to share expertise and to cross-train these support professionals, Compaq, Microsoft and their channel partners deliver a level of consulting, integration and support capabilities that cannot be matched by any single vendor. Company Background Compaq Computer Corporation is the world's largest supplier of personal computers, offering desktop PCs, portable PCs, servers and options. The company reported 1995 worldwide sales of $14.8 billion. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through Compaq marketing partners and sold directly to customers through Compaq Direct Plus at 1-800-888-5858. Compaq provides 24-hour customer support and can be reached through the Compaq forums on America Online See AOL. , CompuServe, Internet (http://www.compaq.com), and Prodigy, or by calling 1-800-OK-COMPAQ. Product information and reseller locations can be obtained by calling 1-800-345-1518. -0- (a)Audited TPC-C results released April 4, 1996 by Compaq Computer Corporation. (b) Compares cost of Compaq systems to cost of HP system (Total cost:$537,508 vs $1,384,763) (c)Data current to April 5, 1996 Compaq, ProLiant, ProSignia, SmartStart, and Online Recovery Server, are trademarks of Compaq Computer Corporation. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Microsoft, SQL Server, Windows NT, BackOffice and Winodws are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corporation Jerele Neeld, John Sweney 713-514-0484 or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Dave Anderson, Donna Ruane 617-536-0470 danderso@millercom.com |
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