Unisys Aquanta QS/2 sets new industry TPC-C, TPC-D and SPECweb benchmarking standards

Johannesburg, 01 Jul 1998

Unisys Corporation today announced that it has redefined industry performance standards by producing record breaking TPC-C, TPC-D and SPECweb96 benchmarks using Intel`s new Pentium II Xeon processor technology. The results were achieved with Unisys newly announced Aquanta QS/2 four-way server.

Unisys produced top rated TPC-C results of 17,700.43 transactions per minute (tpm), a phenomenal increase of more than 46% over the previous highest ranking four-way Intel TPC-C results of 12,105tpm-C posted for a NEC four-way system. [see Footnote end of release]. Non Intel-based architectures, such as an Alpha RISC-based server offer solutions costing as much as $315.78/tpmC while the new Aquanta QS/2 features one of the industry`s most economical price/performance solutions at just $26.21/tpmC.

For the TPC-C benchmark, the Aquanta QS/2 was configured with four Intel Pentium II Xeon processors and 4GB of memory. Nine advanced Mylex DAC960PJ RAID controllers were used to handle the I/O requirements of this high performance system. The Aquanta QS/2 was running Microsoft`s Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 and SQL Server Enterprise Edition 7.0.

Unisys also announced new SPECweb96 benchmarking records. The results were 3,151 operations per second. The Unisys Aquanta QS/2 four-way server was configured with four Intel Pentium II Xeon processors, 2GB of memory and three gigabit Ethernet networking cards. The Aquanta QS/2 was running Microsoft`s Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 and Internet Information Server 4.0.

Using the Transaction Processing Council Benchmark D (TPC-D) 100 GB test, Unisys was able to achieve results of 530.6 QthD (query throughput), 1,560.9 Qppd (query processing power TPC-D), and a TPC-D price/performance of $357/QphD. The Aquanta QS/2 server was configured with four Intel Pentium II Xeon processors, 4GB of memory and four Emulex LP7000 Fiber Channel Controllers. The Aquanta QS/2 was running Microsoft`s Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 and Oracle 8.0.4.

"Unisys has led the way in defining performance standards for the enterprise. Through our joint efforts with Intel, we have been able to leverage this exciting new technology and bring to the corporate customer a level of performance unheard of just a few short years ago," said Leo C. Daiuto, group vice president and general manager, Enterprise NT Systems and Product Development & Technology, Unisys Computer Systems.

Footnotes

NEC Express 5800 HX4100 at 12,105.53 tpmC and $32.76/tpmC.
Digital (now Compaq) AlphaServer 8400 5/300 c/s at 9,414.06 tpmC and $315.78/tpmC.
Unisys TPC results are as of June 29, 1998 and competitive results are as of June 28, 1998.

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