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To: alydar who wrote (63094)	11/16/2001 1:03:33 AM
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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. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. SAP, R/3 and all SAP product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and several other countries. 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.