Data General And Oracle Set Decision Support Records In Performance And Price/Performance.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1997-- Intel Based See Intel-based system. AViiON Server Running Oracle Data Server 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. Delivers Best Ever TPC-D A benchmark that measures decision support performance. See TPC. 100-GB Results for an 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. System; First to Use Fibre Technology in 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 Benchmark Extending their leadership positions in the NT enterprise market, Data General Corporation and Oracle Corp. today announced record-breaking power metric performance results and best price/performance for decision-support applications in single SMP systems. The 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. Council Benchmark D (TPC-D) 100-GB tests were run on an Data General AViiON AViiON was a series of computers from Data General that were the company's main product from the late 1980s until the company's server products were discontinued in 2001. Earlier AViiON models used the Motorola 88000 CPU, but later models moved to an all-Intel solution when AV 6600 six-processor server running Oracle8 universal data server and Windows NT Enterprise Edition, using CLARiiON fibre channel technology. "Achieving the best single-system SMP performance and price/performance in this benchmark clearly demonstrates that AViiON servers combined with Oracle and NT have the performance and scalability to run the most demanding enterprise applications, including data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse and data marts," said Dave Ellenberger, vice president of the Data General's NT Business Unit. "These benchmarks prove once again that Oracle and Data General are delivering high performance and cost-effective platforms for Windows NT data marts," said Charles Rozwat senior vice president, Database Server at Oracle Corporation. "By helping to reduce the price barrier to entry, Oracle and Data General are enabling lines of businesses within large corporations as well as smaller companies to implement and take advantage of data marts without busting their IT budgets." "This highly successful project pioneered the use of fibre channel technology in TPC benchmarks," said Larry Hemmerich, vice president and general manager of CLARiiON. "As the first to deliver fibre storage products for the NT market, CLARiiON provides the performance, capacity, and scalability enterprise customers need." Transaction Performance Council (TPC) tests monitor systems in a controlled hardware environment. TPC-D represents a broad range of decision-support applications, addressing issues of database capacity, query processing power, query throughput In Computer Science, Query Throughput (QthD) is a measurement used to determine the performance of a database system. The throughput metric is a classical throughput measure characterizing the ability of the system to support a multi-user workload in a balanced way. , and price-per-query performance. Thus, TPC-D tests provide a good demonstration of system performance which translates well to customer applications. In this test, an AV 6600 server, configured with six 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 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. each and 2 GB of memory, running the Oracle 8.0.4 database and Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition operating system, was rated at 1135.7 QppD@100GB (Query processing power TPC-D) and 377.4 QthD@100GB (query throughput), and a TPC-D price/performance of $679/QphD@100GB. The AV 6600 server was configured with 386 GB of full-fibre channel CLARiiON FC5000 JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) A group of hard disks in a computer that are not set up as any type of RAID configuration. They are just a bunch of disks. JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks (Just a Bunch of Disks See JBOD. (jargon, storage) Just a Bunch Of Disks - (JBOD, or "Just a Bunch of Drives") A storage subsystems using multiple independent disk drives, as opposed to one form of RAID or another. ) disk storage.
Top Five TPC-D 100-GB performance results for non-clustered
SMP systems
Power Throughput P/P Availability
Vendor/System (QppD) (QthD) $/QphD
Data General AViiON AV 6600 1135.7 377.4 $ 679 12/97
Sun Ultra Enterprise 450 1069.7 359.4 $ 755 12/97
Digital AlphaServer 8400 5/440 972.9 506.4 $1,920 1/97
Compaq ProLiant 6500 6/200 869.4 269.8 $ 892 6/97
Dell PowerEdge 6100 531.5 195.3 $1,124 1/98
Availability AViiON servers and related hardware are available now. Oracle 8.0.4 universal data server on Windows NT is scheduled to be available December 30, 1997. Data General - The Market Leader in Enterprise NT According to recently released 1996 shipment revenue figures from International Data Corporation, Data General is the worldwide marketshare leader in NT systems selling between $50,000 and $100,000 and holds the second position in NT servers selling between $100,000 and $250,000. About the TPC-D Benchmark The TPC-D benchmark represents a broad range of decision-support applications. The benchmark requires seventeen comprehensive and complex queries as well as two update functions to be processed over a vast amount of data. This standard is used to measure performance and throughput for solutions that include the hardware, operating system, and database. For more information about TPC benchmarks and results, please visit the Transaction Performance Council Web site at www.tpc.org About Data General Data General, based in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported fiscal 1997 revenues of $1.5 billion. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at www.dg.com About Oracle Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. With annual revenues of $6 billion, the company offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , in more than 140 countries around the world. For more information about Oracle, please call 650/506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is (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. ) http://www.oracle.com -0- AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks of Data General Corporation. Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8 is a trademark of Oracle Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Carlos Soares, 508/898-6674 carlos_soares@dg.ceo.dg.com or Data General Jim Dunlap,508/898-6546 jim_dunlap@dg.com or Oracle Corp. Ken Montgomery, 650/506-2797 kamontgo@us.oracle.com |
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