Sun Posts Record Web Performance -- Beats DEC, HP and IBM
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--
Sun Enterprise 250 Server Running The Solaris Operating
Environment With SINGLE 300MHz Processor Beats Hewlett
Packard's DUAL 400MHz Server Results
Soaring past the competition with record Internet performance and scalability, Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that its new Sun(TM) Enterprise(TM) 250 server posted industry-leading results for a two-processor server on the SPECweb96 benchmark -- the industry-standard test used to measure the performance of Web servers.
As a testament to its achievement, not only did the Sun Enterprise 250 server beat all two-way rivals, but the systems' single 300MHz processor results even surpassed the best performance numbers posted by the HP dual 400MHz system.
The dual-processor Sun Enterprise 250 server, running Sun(TM) WebServer(TM) software on the Solaris(TM) operating environment, posted a rating of 4,154 SPECweb96 HTTP operations per second and the single-processor results were 2,298 SPECweb96 HTTP operations per second.
Competitively, the Sun Enterprise 250 server numbers outshined the best published results of all other vendors in its class. The Sun(TM) system surpassed the best two-way result -- 3,703 operations per second -- posted by HP 9000 Model D390 Enterprise Server -- by 12%.
The Sun system also beat the two-way result -- 3,111 operations per second -- posted by the IBM Netfinity 5500 with two 400MHz Pentium II processors and running Windows NT -- by 33 percent, as well as the two-way result posted by Digital -- 3,000 operations per second -- on the AlphaServer 1200 5/533 with two 533MHz processors -- by 38 percent.
And most notably, the Sun system single-processor results surpassed the two-way result from HP on Windows NT -- 2,192 operations per second -- posted on the NetServer LH 3/400 with two 400MHz Pentium II processors. For all SPECweb96 results see the SPECweb homepage at specbench.org.
"With the heightened demand placed on web servers for Internet communications, customers are looking for solutions that offer the power and scalability to grow with their needs," said David Douglas, director of marketing for Sun's workgroup servers. "These SPECweb benchmark results not only set an industry record for systems in this class, but also demonstrate the power of the Solaris operating environment and a balanced system design. It is clear that chip speed alone does not equate to better performance."
SPECweb96
SPECweb96 is the industry's first standardized benchmark for measuring performance of World Wide Web servers. The benchmark focuses on server performance, measuring the ability of the server to service HTTP requests. It measures the response time for each request and calculates a metric based on overall throughput, measured as maximum benchmark operations per second. The benchmark was developed by SPEC's Open Systems Group in conjunction with leading Web product vendors and research organizations, including Sun Microsystems.
The Sun Enterprise 250 Workgroup Server
The rack-ready Sun Enterprise 250 server delivers enterprise-class features and functionality in a dual-processor server. In addition to featuring an extensive array of built-in RAS features and remote management capabilities, the system combines power, storage capacity, fast I/O throughput and exceptional network I/O speed -- making it an ideal system for business critical applications such as database, Internet/intranet, ERP and collaborative computing.
The Sun Enterprise 250 system is one of five servers designed for workgroup computing environments. The system is part of the Sun Enterprise server line, the industry's only single, binary-compatible family of systems that scales from cost-effective workgroup servers to large department and data center systems.
The Solaris Operating Environment
Designed for IT professionals, line-of-business managers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and power users, Sun's Solaris operating environment can be accessed and used by type of device connected to the network, including-performance workstations, Microsoft Windows computers Windows NT servers.
Unlike other operating environments, Solaris software is tuned for network computing and exploits the full capability of both SPARC and Intel-based computers. It is extremely fast, highly reliable, scalable, secure, very easy to install and use, optimized for the Java(TM) technology platform and supports more than 12,000 applications.
About Sun Microsystems Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW), to its position as leading provider of high-quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $9 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com.
Note to Editors: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Sun Enterprise, Solaris, Sun WebServer and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web using a tool such as Netscape or NCSA Mosaic. Type sun.com at the URL prompt. SPECweb results will soon be available on the SPECweb home page on the World Wide Web at specbench.org.
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