REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - Oracle today announced a TPC-C record performance benchmark result for the Itanium platform using Oracle Database 10g on Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 540 server and the Linux operating system[i]. This latest benchmark also signifies world-class achievement among 16-processor Linux systems.
Running on Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 540 server with 16 Intel Itanium 2 1.6 GHz processors, Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition on Oracle Enterprise Linux 4* operating system achieved 1,238,579 tpmC (transactions per minute) with a price-performance ratio of $3.94/tpmC.
"Our customers choose Oracle Database 10g on Lintel-based platforms to achieve the highest levels of OLTP performance while keeping infrastructure costs to a minimum," said Richard Sarwal, senior vice president of Systems Management, Oracle. "We are committed to providing enterprises with highly scalable databases and functionality to support the most demanding transaction processing, business intelligence and content management applications."
"The Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 540 servers are built to meet robust enterprise database demands with the industry's highest reliability and performance in Linux environments. Designed with Fujitsu mainframe expertise, PRIMEQUEST servers are ideal for large-scale database systems and online transaction processing environments," said Richard McCormack, senior vice president of marketing for Fujitsu Computer Systems.
Oracle Database 10g provides a single, integrated database engine for cost-effective, scalable and high-performing online transaction processing (OLTP) and data warehousing implementations. Oracle's latest benchmark builds upon its extensive history of providing world-class performance, availability and security for today's intense OLTP environments.
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About Oracle Database 10g
The only database designed for grid computing, Oracle Database 10g delivers superior performance, scalability, availability, security and ease of management on a low-cost grid of industry standard storage and servers. Oracle Database 10g is designed to be effectively deployed on everything from small blade servers to the biggest SMP servers and clusters of all sizes. It features automated management capabilities for easy, cost-effective operation. Oracle Database 10g's unique ability to manage data from traditional business information to XML documents and spatial/location information makes it the ideal choice to power online transaction processing, decision support and content management applications.
About PRIMEQUEST
The PRIMEQUEST 500 server series is the latest Fujitsu mainframe-class design to provide an optimum platform for hosting mission-critical Oracle database deployments demanding high performance and scalability.
About TPC-C
TPC-C is an OLTP (online transaction processing) benchmark developed by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC). The TPC-C benchmark defines a rigorous standard for calculating performance and price/performance measured by transactions per minute (tpmC) and $/tpmC, respectively.
About Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Fujitsu Computer Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) committed to the design, development and delivery of advanced computer systems and managed services for the business enterprise. The company offers a complete line of high-performance mobile and desktop computers, scalable and reliable servers as well as managed and professional services. Fujitsu Computer Systems emphasizes leading-edge technology, exceptional product quality, and productivity, as well as outstanding customer service. More information on Fujitsu Computer Systems is available at http://us.fujitsu.com/computers.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.
About Oracle
Oracle (NasdaqGS: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.
* Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 is compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Source: Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPC), www.tpc.org.
[i] PRIMEQUEST 540 Server, 1,238,579 tpmC, $3.94 price/tpmC, 16 processors/32 cores/64 processor threads, running Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition on Oracle Enterprise Linux 4, available 12/15/06.
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