these are real life benchmarks unlike tpc. does msft sell a tpc applications? msft's sql does not even scale enough to be tested.
Oracle Demonstrates 65% Higher Performance For SAP Than IBM DB2
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, Nov 15, 2001 (INTERNET WIRE via COMTEX) -- (www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?1080949)
Oracle today announced a new leading SAP(R) R/3(R) Release 4.6C Standard Application Benchmark result for the Oracle(R)(NASDAQ: ORCL chart, msgs) Database. Demonstrating 65 percent higher performance than IBM DB2 , the Oracle Database set a SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) two-tier benchmark result on a four-processor server, delivering 420 SD benchmark users on a Compaq ES45 central server with 4 Alpha EV6.8CB 1000 MHz processors, 16GB memory, 8 MB L2 cache running Tru64 Unix and the Oracle Database. This system averaged a 1.80 second dialog response time with a throughput of 42,670 processed order lines per hour. This latest result builds on a long history of performance achievements for SAP Standard Application Benchmarks and demonstrates the speed and processing power of the Oracle Database.
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These benchmarks fully comply with the SAP Benchmark Council's issued benchmark regulations and has been audited and certified by SAP. SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) Standard Application Benchmark, R/3 4.6C: Compaq AlphaServer ES45, 4-way SMP, 1000 MHz, Tru64 UNIX, Oracle8i Enterprise Edition, 8.1.7, 16 GB memory, 420 SD users, 42,670 processed order lines/hour, average dialog response time, 1.80 sec. certification # 2001040. IBM eServer xSeries 350, 4-way SMP, 900 MHz, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, DB2 UDB version 7.2, 4 GB memory, 255 SD users, 25,670 processed order lines/hr, average dialog response time, 1.91 seconds, certification #2001017.
IBM eServer xSeries 350, four-way SMP, 900 MHz, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, DB2 UDB version 7.2, R/3 Release 4.6C, 4 GB memory, 255 SD benchmark users, 25,670 processed order lines/hr, average dialog response time, 1.91 seconds, certification #2001017. More information is available under www.sap.com/benchmark. |
