New High-Water Performance Benchmark for R/3 on Windows NT on Intel architecture-based Data General Platform.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997-- 1440 benchmark users certified See certification. for R/3 SD benchmark on Intel architecture-based AViiON servers Data General Corporation today announced the highest performance results for users of SAP AG's integrated suite of business applications, R/3, running on 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 on Intel based See Intel-based system. servers. A total of 1440 R/3 benchmark users, the highest number to date, were simultaneously supported in a benchmark test performed in Walldorf, Germany. The test was run on Data General's Intel based AViiON servers using Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.20.TE1. "Data General once again has proven its leadership in R/3 scalability on the Intel architecture running 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. ," said David Ellenberger, Vice President of Data General's NT Business Division. "Coupled with our traditional price/performance leadership, this new result underscores the advantages to R/3 customers of Data General's AViiON servers, and CLARiiON storage platforms." The user number was achieved with SAP's R/3 Sales & Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark running on Data General's AViiON AV6600 and AV3600 server series using Intel's 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. 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. processors. The average dialog response time was 1.95 seconds. The new benchmark result was reached using R/3 3.0 F and the Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.20.TE1 database running under Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0. With 1440 R/3 benchmark users of the SD application module an average throughput of 434,000 dialog steps an hour were achieved. This is equivalent to 145,000 fully business processed order line items per hour. The benchmark was performed at Data General's SAP Competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. Center in SAP headquarters, Walldorf, Germany by Data General engineers. This benchmark fully complies to SAP's issued benchmark regulations and has been audited and certified by SAP. "This new result is 54% higher than the world record we set last year for SAPPHIRE'96. At a price/performance cost of $668 per SD user, the Pentium Pro processor-based server with SAP on Windows NT has the world's record for price-per-seat and delivers unprecedented performance and value for the end user," said Jose Leruth, Director of Enterprise Applications at Data General Corporation. "We congratulate Data General on achieving this new performance record on the Intel Architecture-based system platform," said John Miner Projects
Composer John Miner may be best know for his rock opera Heavens Cafe, which was staged at the Flamingo Theater in Las Vegas 1996, the Charleston Performing Arts Center in , vice president and general manager, Enterprise Server Group, Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . "Results as these demonstrate the strength of the Pentium(r) Pro processor platform as a solution for SAP R/3 customers that require a powerful and affordable enterprise-level server." The Benchmark The R/3 Sales and Distribution (SD) benchmark is designed to perform typical business transactions of SAP's R/3 Sales and Distribution application module. It is one of the R/3 Standard Application Benchmark tests, developed by SAP, which measure the performance of different hardware. Two seconds is the maximum allowed average dialog response time. Benchmark Configuration The client/server configuration included an AV6600 as the database server and 17 AV3600 series servers as R/3 application servers, and two CLARiiON disk arrays with the database server. The AV6600 database server with six Pentium Pro 200 MHz 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. per processor) was configured with 2 GB of memory and was running with an average CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. utilization of 95 percent. As application servers, 13 AV3600 were configured with four Pentium Pro 200 MHz processors (with 512 KB L2 cache per processor), 1 AV3600 with two Pentium Pro 200 MHz processors (with 512 KB L2 cache per processor) and 3 AV3650 with four Pentium Pro 200 MHz processors (with 1 MB L2 cache per processor). Twelve of the AV3600 application servers acted as dialog servers, configured with 1 GB memory. The average CPU utilization was 77 percent. Three AV3650, with 512 MB memory, and one AV3600, with 1 GB memory, were configured as update servers; the average CPU utilization was 43 percent. One AV3600 (with two processors) was used as message/enqueue server with 756 MB memory, the average CPU utilization was 46 percent. The R/3 database resided on two 20-slot fault-tolerant CLARiiON disk arrays configured with thirty-seven 9-GB disks, with 64-MB write cache per CLARiiON processor, and dual storage processors each. The total disk space was 345 GB. More information about the benchmark can be retrieved from Data General Corporation Web at http://www.dg.com or upon request from Data General or SAP. About Data General Data General, based in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in providing servers, storage systems and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.3 billion during fiscal 1996. About Informix Software Informix Software Inc., based in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , provides innovative database technology that enables the world's leading corporations to manage and grow their business. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments ranging from workgroups to very large OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing and data warehouse applications. Informix's database servers, applications development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of many leading-edge information technology solutions areas. More information about Informix is available via the World Wide Web at http://www.informix.com -0- AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks of Data General. SAP and R/3 are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. . CONTACT: Data General Jim Dunlap 508/898-6546 jim_dunlap@dg.com |
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