IBM Power Systems performance benchmarks

Including performance benchmarks for Power servers, System p, and System i

IBM Power™ Systems leverage cloud to speed time to market and improve efficiency, unlock the power of big data to deliver more actionable insight, and secure critical information to protect and reduce risk – all while offering outstanding performance. In fact, IBM Power Systems took the lead in over 100 key computing performance benchmarks. But don't take our word for it. Read the results below.

Three-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark

Evaluates the performance of multiple application servers and a database for a Sales and Distribution (SD) environment using the standard application benchmark provided by SAP AG.

Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark (link resides outside of ibm.com)


Two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark

Evaluates the performance of a single server running both the application servers and the database server for a Sales and Distribution (SD) environment using the standard application benchmark provided by SAP AG.

Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark (link resides outside of ibm.com)


SAP BI Mixed Load (BI-MXL) Benchmark

The mixed load scenario is one use of the Business Intelligence capabilities of SAP NetWeaver. In this scenario, query activity and load/update activity are executed in parallel. Multiple users run queries on data in 10 SD InfoCubes. The key figure of this benchmark is the number of query navigation steps/hour.

Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark (link resides outside of ibm.com)


SAP BI Data Mart Benchmark

The data mart scenario is one use of the Business Intelligence capabilities of SAP NetWeaver. The data mart contains a static snapshot of operational data. Multiple users run queries on this data in 10 InfoCubes which contain 2,500,000,000 records. The key figure is the number of query navigation steps/hour.

Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark (link resides outside of ibm.com)


Oracle Applications Standard Online Benchmark v11.5.9

An ERP application that represents a mixed workload intended to model the most common transactions operating on the seven most widely used enterprise application modules (AP, AR, GL, FA, SCM, PO, OE, and Inventory). The 11.5.9 benchmark introduces "self-service" transactions in Expense, Procurement, HR and Time.

Source: http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/performance-scalability/index.html (link resides outside of ibm.com)


Oracle Applications Standard Online Benchmark v11.5.10

An ERP application that represents a mixed workload intended to model the most common transactions operating on the seven most widely used enterprise application modules (AP, AR, GL, FA, SCM, PO, OE, and Inventory). The modules used by the E-Business 11.5.10 benchmark are: Oracle Financials: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, General Ledger; Human Resource Management System; Sales and Marketing; Customer Support: Service; Supply Chain Management (SCM): Logistics, Order Management, Purchasing, Shipping; Self-Service Applications: Employee Self-Service, iExpenses, iProcurement, Oracle Time & Labor.

Source: http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/performance-scalability/index.html (link resides outside of ibm.com)


Oracle Applications Standard Batch Benchmark v11.5.9

The Release 11i Order Management HVOP benchmark represents a core component of the order to cash business flow demonstrating the overall order processing throughput focused exclusively on meeting the high order volumes originating from the new electronic channels, such as consumer and business web sites, B2B exchanges, and EDI.

Source: http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/performance-scalability/index.html (link resides outside of ibm.com)


Oracle R12 E-Business Standard Benchmark

The Oracle R12 E-Business Standard Benchmark follows the E-Business 11i (11.5.10) benchmark model by combining Online transaction execution by simulated users with concurrent Batch processing to model a "Day-in-the-Life" scenario for a global enterprise.

Source: http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/performance-scalability/index.html (link resides outside of ibm.com)

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