INFORMIX SOFTWARE SETS WORLD RECORD IN THE 1000GB TPC-H BENCHMARK.Informix Software, the database company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Informix Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ), has established a world record in the 1000GB TPC-H TPC-H Transaction Processing Council Ad-hoc/decision support benchmark (computer performance) benchmark on a single node system, setting industry-leading marks for speed and accuracy. The benchmark was run using Informix Extended Parallel Server (XPS (1) See XML Paper Specification. (2) A brand name for certain models of Inspiron laptops from Dell. ) version 8.31.FD1, the company's high-end data warehouse product, on Hewlett-Packard Company's HP 9000 Superdome Enterprise Server equipped with 64 552MHz PA-RISC (Precision Architecture-RISC) A proprietary RISC-based CPU architecture from HP that was introduced in 1986. It is the foundation of HP's 3000 and 9000 computer families. See IA-64. 8600 CPUs using the 64-bit HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. 11i operating environment and the HP Surestore Disk Array XP512 with its unique crossbar architecture with end-to-end fibre channel infrastructure. This combination delivered a composite query per hour rating of 9754.5 QphH@1000GB at a price/performance mark of $985 QphH@1000GB. "As TPC-H measures performance in responding to unpredictable and demanding ad hoc queries, it represents one of the most reliable benchmarks in evaluating a database's strengths in meeting the demands of decision support environments," said Richard Wozniak, executive director of product management. "The proven ability of XPS to quickly and accurately handle complex mixed load queries demonstrates its fundamental advantages in delivering customers a robust data warehouse or operational data store solution to best meet their business needs." XPS is designed to meet the increasingly challenging requirements of business-critical, enterprise-wide data warehousing, as it enables fast data loading and comprehensive data management. Based on "shared nothing architecture A shared nothing architecture (SN) is a distributed computing architecture where each node is independent and self-sufficient, and there is no single point of contention across the system. ," XPS offers near-linear scalability while supporting virtually any query or schema design. In addition, XPS supports large data warehouses on both 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. and parallel architectures, such as clusters, NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) A multiprocessing architecture in which memory is separated into close and distant banks. NUMA is similar to SMP, in which multiple CPUs share a single memory. However, in SMP, all CPUs access a common memory at the same speed. and MPP (Massively Parallel Processing or Massively Parallel Processor) A multiprocessing architecture that uses up to thousands of processors. Some might contend that a computer system with 64 or more CPUs is a massively parallel processor. . "This world record TPC-H benchmark result demonstrates the powerful combination of HP's flexible and highly available Superdome server, the HP Surestore Disk Array XP512 and the Informix XPS database server to deliver extraordinary performance in meeting the real world demands of a data warehousing environment," said Mark Hudson, worldwide director of marketing, HP Business Systems and Technology Operation. "Business analysis of the travel industry requires the manipulation of massive amounts of highly complex data. Informix Software's Extended Parallel Server, when paired with an HP 64-bit system, provides a highly scalable parallel environment, unique in its ability to move custom business intelligence into the database to simplify and manage complex business logic," said Brad Jensen, senior vice president, airline planning systems, Sabre, Inc. Informix XPS 8.31.FD1 is generally available, and the hardware and operating system used in the TPC-H benchmark are available now. For more information on the results of the latest XPS single node benchmark, visit http://www.tpc.org/New-Result/TPCH-Results.html. Additional information on the TPC-H benchmark is available at http://www.tpc.org. |
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