Oracle and HP set world record performance on Linux
Posted: 10 December 2003
First to top one million transactions per minute with clustered
Linux servers
Oracle Corporation and HP today set a new world-record Transaction
Processing Council TPC-C benchmark of over one million transactions
per minute on a cluster of Linux servers. World Record Result Demonstrates
Low Cost, Scale-out Performance and Price/Performance Leadership
with Oracle Database 10g on a Cluster of HP Integrity Servers with
Intel Itanium 2 Processors running Linux
The result was achieved with Oracle Database 10g, HP Integrity
servers with Intel Itanium 2 processors and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
AS 3.0. The benchmark not only sets a new industry record, but also
reflects the power of industry standard-servers running the Linux
operating system in “scale out” clustered server configuration.
This announcement comes on the heels of the recent world-record
single-system scale-up benchmark announcement by the HP and Oracle,
which was the first result to surpass one million transactions per
minute (tpmC) with the Transaction Processing Council’s TPC-C
benchmark. HP and Oracle together hold the only single-system and
clustered results over one million transactions per minute, ever
published.
Unmatched price/performance
The HP Integrity rx5670 cluster achieved 1,184,893.38 tpmC with
a price/performance ratio of $5.52/tpmC. The result is over 50 per
cent faster than the nearest competitive hardware vendor and delivers
better than a thirty percent improvement in price/performance.
The benchmark was completed on a 16-node cluster of four-way HP
Integrity rx5670 servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0
and Oracle Database 10g with Real Application Clusters. The cluster
configuration used HP StorageWorks storage solutions including the
Modular SAN Array 1000 with 18 GB, 36 GB and 146 GB drives.
“Today’s result is a major milestone in the history
of database computing,” said Tarek Shahawi, Technology Manager
Oracle Middle East.
“We have now shown that Oracle Database 10g Real Application
Clusters can deliver the world’s best transaction processing
performance on clusters of low cost industry-standard servers running
cost Linux,” he added
HP and Oracle have a strong history in performance leadership and
are now extending it to price/performance leadership.
“HP and Oracle offer customers the choice, scalability and
availability to meet their most demanding needs,” says Rich
Marcello, senior vice president and general manager of Business
Critical Servers, HP.
“Today’s benchmark result, coupled with our recent
Superdome world record, solidifies the leadership position of HP
Integrity servers in providing customers the ultimate in flexibility,
performance and total cost of ownership regardless of whether customers
choose scale-out or scale-up environments. This world record is
another prime example of how HP is partnering with Oracle and Intel
to drive industry-standard computing to new levels.”
“Within a month, we have seen the 1 Million Transactions per
minute barrier broken again, this time on a cluster of HP Integrity
servers with Intel(r) Itanium(r) 2 and Linux,” said Samer
Karawi, Marketing Manager – Business Critical Systems HP Middle
East . “This data demonstrates the flexibility of Itanium-based
servers running Linux. As IT managers look to find the most competitive
solutions for their enterprise needs, we believe they will increasingly
look to Itanium 2 for performance, manageability, and cost/benefit.”
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and
institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure,
personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging
and printing for consumers, enterprises and small and medium businesses.
For the last four quarters, HP revenue totaled $71.3 billion. More
information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.
About Oracle
Oracle Corporation is the world's largest enterprise software company.
For more information about Oracle in the Middle East see www.oracle.com/me.
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