Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider, announced the availability of five new PRIMEPOWER server models based on SPARC64 V RISC processors that exceed 2GHz clock speeds.
These Unix servers, designed for mission-critical computing, enable Fujitsu Siemens Computers to offer its enterprise customers a broad choice of IT systems, services and solutions running on the Solaris operating system.
Simultaneously, Fujitsu Siemens Computers announced that a PRIMEPOWER 2500 configured with 128 2.08GHz SPARC64 V CPUs, has set a world record for the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with 1.6 times the performance of its predecessor with 1.30GHz processors (for details, see www.sap.com/benchmark).
In today`s turbulent business environment, information systems need the performance to stand up to load concentrations and the flexibility to accommodate changes and expansions.
Mission-critical applications such as large databases and online transactions require reliability and enormous flexibility. In response to these requirements, Fujitsu Siemens Computers has designed the Dynamic Data Centre concept. In a Dynamic Data Centre, all hardware resources for computing and storage are pooled where they can be used on-demand.
When a change in users, capacity or requirements appears to the system, actions are triggered automatically, dynamically providing the needed resource. The new PRIMEPOWER server models are a further advancement in this concept, offering superior performance in a wide range of applications, designed with reliability features tailored to mission-critical applications and with the flexibility to meet a wide range of customer needs. With support for both hardware partitioning and the virtualisation technology in the Solaris 10 Operating System, it gives customers greater flexibility in administering their systems. Delivering superior system stability, PRIMEPOWER servers help improve operational efficiency and continuity, drive down TCO and help business.
"These PRIMEPOWER servers complement our existing line of IT systems for the Solaris market, making Fujitsu Siemens Computers the clear choice for any enterprise running Solaris," says Rui ded Oliveira, Product Manager Unix Servers at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "We believe that offering enterprises a wide range of choices from operating systems to system configurations will best allow them to create the IT infrastructures they need for today`s Dynamic Data Centre demands."
World`s fastest performance
The top-of-the-line PRIMEPOWER 2500 server, equipped with 128 2.08GHz SPARC64 V processors, along with ETERNUS 3000 storage system, achieved a record score of 21 000 SAP SD Benchmark users running SAP R/3 Enterprise Release 4.7. This marks a new world record for the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark. In addition to this benchmark, the PRIMEPOWER server turned in record performance in the two-tier SAP Assemble-To-Order (ATO) Standard Application Benchmark(3), the two-tier SAP for Utilities Customer Care System (ISU/CCS) Standard Application Benchmark(2) (as of 27 April 2005), the SPECjbb 2000 and SPECjAppServer 2002 benchmarks measuring Java execution performance, and TPC-H benchmark measuring data warehousing performance.
The PRIMEPOWER server currently holds records in a total of six standard benchmarks (for details, see www.sap.com/benchmark).
The new servers are being released globally through Fujitsu Siemens Computers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Fujitsu Computer Systems in North America and Fujitsu Limited in the Asia/Pacific region.
(1) The two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark performed on 11 March 2005, by Fujitsu in Tokyo, Japan, was certified on 24 March 2005 (certification no 2005013) with the following data:
Number of benchmark users & comp: 21 000 SAP SD Benchmark users
Average dialogue response time: 1.91 seconds
Throughput:
Fully processed order line items/hour: 2 116 330
Dialog steps/hour: 6 349 000
SAPS: 105 820
Average DB request time (dia/upd): 0.026 sec / 0.021 sec
CPU utilisation of central server: 98%
Operating System central server: Solaris 9
RDBMS: Oracle 9i
SAP R/3 Release: 4.70
Total database disk space: 452GB
Configuration:
Central server: Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 2500, 128-way SMP, SPARC64 V, 2080MHz, 256KB L1 cache, 4MB L2 cache, 512GB main memory
(2) Two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark, certified by SAP on 30 April 2003, no 2003030: 13 000 SAP SD Benchmark users, 1.87 seconds average dialogue response time, 1 314 000 order line items/hour, PRIMEPOWER 2500 with 128 x 1.30GHz SPARC64 V, 2MB L2 cache, 512GB main memory, SAP R/3 4.6C, Oracle 9i, Solaris 8
(3) Two-tier SAP ISU/CCS Standard Application Benchmark, certified by SAP on 11 March 2003, no 2003013: 108 551 URC/h, 2 177 200 meter reading order creation/hour, PRIMEPOWER 900 with 16 x 1350MHz SPARC64V, 2MB L2 cache, 64GB main memory, SAP R/3 4.6C, SAP ISU/CCS 4.64, Oracle 9i, Solaris 8
(4) Two-tier SAP ATO Standard Application Benchmark, certified by SAP on 29 May 2001, no 2001018: 34 260 fully business processed assembly orders/hour, PRIMEPOWER 2000 with 128 x 560MHz SPARC64, 8MB L2 cache, 128GB main memory, SAP R/3 4.6B, Oracle 8.1.7, Solaris 8
All SAP benchmarks stated in this document comply with the rules of the SAP Benchmark Council and have been audited and certified by SAP. For more information, visit http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
* SPECjbb2000 benchmark, 2 438 088 operations per second, PRIMEPOWER HPC 2500 with 120 x 2.08GHz SPARC64 V, as of 30 April 2005; Source: http://www.spec.org
* SPECjApps2002 benchmark, 5991.73 TOPS@MultipleNode, 654.20Euro/TOPS@MultipleNode, nine PRIMEPOWER 450 with 4 x 1.32GHz SPARC64 V and a PRIMEPOWER 2500 with 56 x 1.3GHz SPARC64 V, Oracle Application Server 10g, as of 30 April 2005; Source: http://www.spec.org
* TPC-H benchmark, non-clustered configuration, 34 492 Queries per hour QphH @1000GB, 141$/QphH,@1000GB, configuration available 03/08/04, PRIMEPOWER 2500 with 64 x 1.3GHz SPARC64 V, as of 30 April 2005; Source: http://www.tpc.org
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