Re: *New* TPC-C price/performance record ($196)!
Date: 1995/12/02
Message-ID: <49pt97$gk3_at_oslo-nntp.eunet.no>
Some more information:
AlphaServer system, Microsoft SQL server
shatter performance record
Digital and Microsoft unveiled audited transaction benchmark results
that establish new records in the highly competitive market for database,
application and PC LAN servers.
Breakthrough results of 3194.4 transactions per minute (tpmC) at $196/tpmC, based on the TPC-C(2) benchmark Revision 3.0, were achieved on the AlphaServer 2100 5/300 64-bit SMP system running Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system V3.51 and Microsoft SQL Server V6.5 client/server database management system. No other Microsoft SQL Server platform from any system vendor delivers such impressive results.
The 3194.4 at $196/tpmC result is the industry's best price/performance using any system, any database, or any operating system. In fact, no other system has ever come close to breaking the less-than-$200/tpmC barrier.
With a total system cost of $626,102, the AlphaServer 2100 5/300 delivers transaction performance and price/performance superior to any other system priced below $1 million -- 24% better throughput performance and $46/tpmC less than its closest competitor, the Intel-based Compaq ProLiant 5/133 Model 2. It also provides better performance and price/performance than many systems costing much more than $1 million (see charts below).
The Digital/Microsoft combination even outperforms a Tandem Himalaya K10000-16 system with 16 processors and costing $3.5 million. And compared with competitive systems from IBM, HP, Sun, Bull, AT&T, and others, these results are far superior.
"These independent benchmark results again demonstrate the breakthrough performance and affordability of the Alpha architecture," said Pauline Nist, Digital vice president of the Alpha Server Business Segment. "For customers, this represents the industry's best value in high-performance server capabilities. It also further demonstrates the engineering achievements of our strategic alliance with Microsoft."
The TPC-C benchmark is the industry-standard test for measuring database transaction processing performance and price/performance. The $/tpmC result reflects the cost of acquisition and ownership of the system over a five-year period, including hardware and software maintenance, software upgrades, and extended warranties.
The AlphaServer 2100 5/300 benchmark was conducted using three CPUs and 2 gigabytes of memory. These results were achieved in a heterogeneous computing environment, using Visigenics ODBC client software for SCO UNIX running on Digital's Intel-based Prioris PC systems.
Competitive Comparisons
Price Performance tpmC $/tpmC total system cost Digital AlphaServer 2100 5/300 3194.40 $196 $626,101 Compaq ProLiant 4500 5/133-2 2454.97 242 593,216 Digital AlphaServer 8400 5/300 9414.06 316 2,972,726 Compaq ProLiant 4500 5/100-1 1516.77 319 484,108 IBM RS/6000 PowerPC J30 3119.16 349 1,089,831 HP 9000 K410 3809.46 364 1,384,763 Transaction throughput tpmC $/tpmC total system cost HP 9000 K410 3809.46 $364 $1,384,763 Sun SPARCCenter 2000E 3534.20 495 1,751,004 AT&T 3555/4-XP 3312.70 587 1,942,593 Digital AlphaServer 2100 5/300 3194.40 196 626,102 IBM RS/6000 PowerPC J30 3119.16 349 1,089,831 Tandem Himalaya K10000-16 3043.49 1160 3,529,520 Bull ESCALA Deskside D401/8 2660.03 530 1,409,965 Compaq ProLiant 45005/133-2 2454.97 242 593,216 --
- Olav Tollefsen
- Microsoft Norway
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