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Oracle and HP Deliver Outstanding Result on SAP SD-Parallel Standard Application Benchmark

Thursday 25. September 2008 - Oracle(R) Database with Oracle Real Application Clusters Demonstrate Superior Performance and Availability on HP Integrity Blades While Achieving Near Linear Scalability

News Facts
— Continuing to demonstrate the superior performance and scalability
leadership of Oracle(R) Database, Oracle today announced a leading 16-core
result on the three-tier SAP(R) Sales and Distribution Parallel
(SD-Parallel) Standard Application Benchmark running the SAP ERP
6.0 application(1).
— Running HP-UX 11i v3 on a 4-node HP Integrity Blade BL860c server
cluster, each with two dual-core Intel(R) Itanium(R) 1.66GHz
processors, Oracle Database with Oracle Real Application Clusters
achieved 4,325 SD-Parallel Benchmark users, achieving the leading
16-core result on the three-tier SAP SD-Parallel Standard Application
Benchmark on an Intel(R) Itanium(R) -based platform. The three-tier
configuration also utilized HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual
Array. In addition, Oracle and HP delivered outstanding single system
and 2-node results on this platform. When measured from one-, two-,
and four-node configurations, as documented and certified by SAP AG,
Oracle Database with Oracle Real Application Clusters on HP Integrity
BL860c server blade running HP-UX 11i v3 shows an extraordinary
95 percent scalability, achieving 1,165, 2,220 and 4,325 SAP
SD-Parallel Benchmark users while maintaining superior performance
and availability(2,3).
— Today’s announcement supports Oracle’s strategy of delivering complete,
integrated and end-to-end product suites on an open, standards-based
middleware and database architecture. Oracle’s approach helps
customers to simplify computing environments, lower cost and risk, and
provides greater choice and flexibility.

Supporting Quotes
— “This benchmark further solidifies Oracle Database’s leadership in
delivering a scalable, high-performance platform for complex enterprise
applications,” said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems
Technology, Oracle. “When it comes to meeting the mission-critical
demands of enterprise customers, Oracle continues to outpace the
competition.”
— “Customers that need a reliable, energy-efficient infrastructure can
look to HP Integrity server blades and HP StorageWorks EVAs to
cost-effectively manage their growing data,” says Lorraine Bartlett,
director of server marketing, Business Critical Systems, HP. “This
benchmark result is more proof that HP Integrity server blade and
StorageWorks solutions, together with the Oracle Database, deliver high
availability, scalability and reliability to help protect customers’
mission-critical data.”

Supporting Resources
— Oracle Database — Oracle Benchmarks
— Innovate Faster with Oracle Database 11g
— Download a free, evaluation version of Oracle Database 11g
— About SAP Standard Application Benchmarks



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