Fujitsu Siemens Computers retakes hotly contested SPECweb benchmark record

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Munich, 20 Mar 2009

The lead in the hotly contested SPECweb benchmark has been taken again by a PRIMERGY server, from Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Results published today (March 12) confirm that the PRIMERGY RX600 S4 has reconfirmed its position as the world's best performing Web server.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers continues to come out on top in this fast volley of high benchmark scores. Just three months ago, the company held the previous SPECweb2005 world record, with a score of 47 504. Then, a US server vendor took back the record with a score of 50 013. Now, Fujitsu Siemens Computers has set another new world record with a score of 51 395, retaking the laurels for the SPECweb benchmark.

SPECweb2005 evaluates servers' performance, testing requests for static and dynamic pages and simulating different workload scenarios. These tests, under official lab conditions, provide an objective and representative benchmark for measuring a system's ability to act as a Web server.

In real world terms, choosing a SPEC record-holding server means IT managers can be confident about system performance. Fierce rivalry for the SPECweb benchmark has helped to increase the tuning of enterprise Web servers to deliver ever-better performance, meaning IT managers looking to upgrade Web servers now have even faster and more efficient models from which to choose.

Just in the past year, Web server benchmark performance has increased from the previous record of 42 783 set by Fujitsu Siemens Computers in June 2008, to the company's current record of 51 395. This is a score increase of 8 612 in less than a year.

Full details of the test results will be available on the SPEC Web site from 12 March at http://www.spec.org/web2005/results/web2005.html.

Press pictures of the PRIMERGY RX 600 Rack Server can be downloaded from the Fujitsu Siemens Computers MediaServer:

Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on http://www.spec.org as of 12 March 2008.

SPEC and SPECweb 2005 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).

The technical specification of the benchmark-setting PRIMERGY RX600 S4: four six-core Intel Xeon X7460 Dunnington processors, 128 GB of memory and five Intel PRO /1000PT Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet controllers. Five internal SAS 2.5” disks and 120 external 3.5' FC disks in two FibreCAT CX500 storage subsystems, connected to a Dual-Port Emulex LPe11002 PCIe disk controller for workload files.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT infrastructure provider. By delivering infrastructure products, solutions and services as well as managed infrastructure, or a combination of these offerings, our customers have the freedom to choose whatever IT infrastructure fits best to their specific needs.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers is present in all key markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East serving large, small or medium-sized companies or private consumers, while its infrastructure services division is active in 170 countries. The company benefits from the global co-operation and innovation power of both its shareholders, Fujitsu Ltd and Siemens AG.

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