Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

1312.0. "SGI - Oracle announce 1786 tps - TPC-B" by TINCUP::HOLST () Wed Nov 17 1993 01:17

	
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SOURCE:   PR Newswire via First! by INDIVIDUAL, Inc.
DATE:     November 9, 1993
INDEX:    [9]
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  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ via First! -- Silicon Graphics
Inc. (NYSE: SGI) today announced that it has broken industry records for
database performance with its first TPC number.  The company achieved 1,786
transaction per second (TPS) on the Transaction Processing Council TPC-B
benchmark by running the Oracle7(TM) database software on a 28 processor
CHALLENGE(TM) symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) server.

  This TPC-B number is the highest achieved to date on any massively
parallel system, mainframe, large clustered configuration, SMP or
uniprocessor system.  The resulting TPC-B performance number achieved a cost
of $1,065 per transaction, the best price/performance among high- end TPC-B
results.

  "This incredible TPC performance number -- the first we have ever released
-- is indicative of the flexibility and power of Silicon Graphics' CHALLENGE
servers," said Thomas Jermoluk, executive vice president and chief operating
officer of Silicon Graphics.  "The CHALLENGE architecture can not only
handle the fast transaction processing requirements of traditional
databases, but also the increased demands of the more complex databases of
the 1990s that manage multimedia or visual data."

  The CHALLENGE SMP architecture is a breakthrough in database server
technology.  The CHALLENGE server product line is optimized for database
performance, providing the industry's fastest system bus of 1.2 GB per
second, an industry-leading I/O capacity of 320 MB per controller and up to
eight-way interleaving of its expandable 2 GB of system memory.

  The CHALLENGE line is the only binary-compatible network resource server
line that spans from entry-level uniprocessor systems to 36-processor
enterprise-wide SMP systems.  The highly scalable CHALLENGE product family
includes the CHALLENGE XL enterprise system with up to 36 R4400(TM) MIPS(R)
RISC processors for the highest levels of performance and expandability; the
CHALLENGE L departmental system with up to 12 R4400 processors, offering
price/performance leadership; and the CHALLENGE M single-processor workgroup
server.

  Database engines can exploit many of the proven SMP performance and
scalability capabilities available in Silicon Graphics' operating system,
IRIX(TM), which is in its third generation as an SMP operating system.


  "This outstanding TPC-B result on Silicon Graphics' CHALLENGE servers once
again demonstrates Oracle7's leadership in database performance," said Jerry
Baker, senior vice president of Oracle's Product Line Division.  "We are
very excited about this excellent performance result and will continue to
work with Silicon Graphics to optimize and enhance our respective products
to provide the best price/performance solutions for our customers."

  "The scalable database performance and commercial features of the
CHALLENGE product line make it a formidable entry in to the database
market," said Ross Bott, general manager of Silicon Graphics' Information
Products Division.  "Our strategy is to use indirect partners -- OEMs,
systems integrators and value-added resellers -- to take the CHALLENGE
servers in to the commercial marketplace."

  CHALLENGE servers for the database market will be available through
Silicon Graphics' OEMs, systems integrators and value-added resellers. These
partners will provide turnkey solutions and integrated capabilities to meet
the needs of the commercial marketplace.  Tandem Computers Inc. recently
announced that it is expanding its binary compatible Integrity(R) product
family which includes reselling CHALLENGE servers.

  Silicon Graphics Inc. is the leading manufacturer of high- performance
visual computing systems.  The company delivers interactive three-
dimensional graphics, digital media and multiprocessing supercomputing
technologies to technical, scientific and creative professionals.  Its
subsidiary, MIPS Technologies Inc. designs and licenses the industry's
leading RISC processor technology for the computer systems and embedded
control markets.  Silicon Graphics has offices worldwide and headquarters in
Mountain View.

  NOTE:  Silicon Graphics and the Silicon Graphics logo are registered
trademarks, and IRIX and CHALLENGE are trademarks of Silicon Graphics Inc.
MIPS is a registered trademark, and R4400 is a trademark of MIPS
Technologies Inc.  Oracle7 is a trademark of Oracle Corp.  Tandem and
Integrity are registered trademarks of Tandem Computers Inc.

  /CONTACT:  Jennifer Rothert of Silicon Graphics, 415-390-2019/ (SGI)

When is the deadline for the last submission of a -B benchmark?

Bruce

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�When is the deadline for the last submission of a -B benchmark?

Bruce,

The TPC-B benchmark is valid until the summer of 1995 and results can be 
submitted until that time.

	In my opinion, doing TPC-B testing is an excercise in depravity :-)

	We all (vendors and customers) should be using TPC-C.