SEQUENT: Sequent showcases
performance and scalability of
NUMA-Q 2000 at OOW
* NUMA-Q 2000 supports 10,000 concurrent users in
three-tier environment demo of high-end network
computing solutions
LOS ANGELES - Sequent Computer Systems,has announced
its first public demonstration of a multi-tier,
production application supporting 10,000 concurrent
users on its highly-scalable NUMA-Q 2000 data centre
server. The mid-sized system will be demonstrated all
week for Oracle OpenWorld (OOW) '97 attendees in Los
Angeles. The week-long demonstration utilises a
Web-enabled version of Oracle's own internal
Worldwide Support Incident Tracking System (ITS)
client/server application and incorporates Sequent's
mid-range, Windows NT-based NTX 2000 servers at the
middle tier.
Showcasing the high-end capacity and performance of
NUMA-Q 2000, the demonstration will show Sequent
supporting 10,000 thin-clients connected to a single,
mid-sized 16-processor NUMA-Q 2000 data centre
server. The proof-of-concept, intranet version of
Oracle's production ITS application system has
supported up to 20,000 users simultaneously in a
"stress test" of NUMA-Q 2000. Its viability now
proven on the NUMA-Q architecture, the Web-based ITS
system is planned for production use within Oracle.
"Sequent's NUMA-Q 2000 is the perfect complement to
Oracle8 for building huge Web-enabled and
client/server systems for businesses the world over,"
Casey Powell, chairman and CEO, Sequent Computer
Systems, said. "In similar demonstrations, our
competitors have required complex clustering set-ups
to achieve the same scalability and system overhead.
NUMA-Q clearly demonstrates here that it's ideal for
a world where processing requirements are moving away
from the client to powerful mainframe-scale systems
at the back-end of the network."
Sequent's NUMA-Q 2000 system is designed to take full
advantage of the Oracle8 database's scalability and
performance, supporting tens-of-thousands of users
and tens-of-terabytes of data. The NUMA-Q
architecture, based on four-processor building
blocks, called quads, enables companies to build
systems of up to 252 microprocessors in a single
server.
The OOW demonstration system features one 8-quad (32
Intel Pentium Pro microprocessors) NUMA-Q 2000 system
partitioned so that four quads act as the back-end
Oracle8 data server and the remaining four quads
generate a workload of 10,000 concurrent users
through Rational Software's PreVue application.
At the middle tier, Sequent will use its
four-processor NTX 2000 application servers. Also in
the booth, Sequent will provide several network
computers so that visitors can view a thin-client
front-end accessing the Oracle8 ITS database via
NUMA-Q 2000. Disk drives from EMC Corporation provide
the storage subsystems for the demonstration.
About Sequent Computer Systems
Sequent Computer Systems is uniquely capable of
delivering robust and scalable Data Centre Ready open
systems solutions. Sequent minimises customers' risk,
enabling implementation of complex business
applications that support critical needs, based on
the breakthrough Sequent NUMA-Q architecture, a
comprehensive portfolio of proven migration services
and offerings, and an established set of partnerships
with the industry's best in class.
Sequent has installed over 1,200 high-end open
computer systems in the UK with customers including:
BT, Lloyds TSB, Employment Service, Lombard North
Central, Norwich Union, Reuters, European Passenger
Services (Eurostar), Virgin Atlantic, NEXT, Mercury
One2One, Milk Marque, Tate & Lyle, Essex Police and
the Inland Revenue.
Sequent's NUMA-Q 2000 customers include: Boeing,
Burlington Coat Factory, Ford Motor Company,
Millipore Corporation, National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., Polizei HH, Source
Informatics, Telkom South Africa, University of
Auckland and Unocal 76 Products Company. |
