IBM Power Systems performance benchmarks

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.

• The 4-core IBM Power 550 (4.2 GHz) achieved the best 4-core three tier SAP SD Standard Application benchmark result (32,000 benchmark users, 2 processors/8 threads, average dialog response time: 1.89 seconds , Fully Processed Order Line items/hour: 3,230,330, Dialog steps/hour: 9,691,000) running AIX 5L V5.3 , DB2 9.5 , ECC Release: 6.0. SAP Certification number 2008001.
• The 32-core IBM eServer p5 595 (1.9 GHz) achieved the best three-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result (168,300 benchmark users, 1.95 second average response time, 16,896,670 fully processed line items per hour, 50,690,000 dialog steps/hour) running IBM DB2 Universal Database v8.2.2, AIX 5L™ V5.3, SAP R/3® Enterprise Release 4.70 solution. SAP Certification number 2005021.

Source: www.sap.com/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.

• The 2-core IBM System p5 505 (2.1 GHz) achieved the best 2-core two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result (680 benchmark users, 1.98 second average response time, 68,000 fully processed line items per hour, 204,000 dialog steps/hour, 3,400 SAPS, 0.020 sec / 0.016 sec Average DB request time (dia/upd), 98% CPU utilization of central server) running IBM DB2 9, AIX 5L V5.3, SAP ECC Release 5.0. (2 processors/2 cores/4 threads). SAP Certification number 2006047.
• The 4-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) achieved the best 4-core two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result (2,035 benchmark users, 1.99 second average response time, 203,670 fully processed line items per hour, 611,000 dialog steps/hour, 10,180 SAPS, 0.011 sec / 0.015 sec Average DB request time (dia/upd), 99% CPU utilization) running Oracle 10g, AIX 5L V5.3, SAP ECC Release 6.0. (2 processor chips/4 cores/8 threads). SAP Certification number 2007037.
• The 4-core IBM System p5 550 (1.9 GHz) achieved the best 4-core Linux two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result (1,000 benchmark users, 1.9 second average response time, running IBM DB2 Universal Database v8.2.2, Linux SLES9, SAP R/3 Enterprise Release 5.0 solution. SAP Certification number 2005040.
• The 8-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) achieved the best 8-core two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result (4,010 benchmark users, 1.96 second average response time, 402,330 fully processed line items per hour, 1,207,000 dialog steps/hour, 20,120 SAPS, 0.010 sec / 0.014 sec Average DB request time (dia/upd), 99% CPU utilization) running Oracle 10g, AIX 5L V5.3, SAP ECC Release 6.0. (4 processor chips/8 cores/16 threads) SAP Certification number 2007038.
• The 8-core IBM Power 550 (4.2 GHz) achieved the best 8-core Linux SAP SD 2-tier benchmark (SAP ECC 6.0) result (3104 benchmark users, 1.93 second average response time, (4 processors, 16 threads), RHEL 5.1, IBM DB2 9.5 with Fully Processed Order Line items/hour: 312,670, Dialog steps/hour: 938,000, SAPS: 15,630, Average DB request time: 0.019 sec / 0.049 sec, CPU utilization: 97%; SAP Certification number 2008002.
• The 16-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) achieved the best 16-core two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result (8,000 benchmark users, 1.98 second average response time, 801,330 fully processed line items per hour, 2,404,000 dialog steps/hour, 40,070 SAPS, 0.021 sec / 0.013 sec Average DB request time (dia/upd), 99% CPU utilization of central server) running IBM DB2 9, AIX 5L V5.3, SAP ECC Release 6.0. (8 processor chips/16 cores/32 threads). SAP Certification number 2007039.
• The 64-core IBM Power 595 (5 GHz) achieved the best overall two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result (35,400 benchmark users, 1.94 second average response time, 3,559,000 fully processed line items per hour, 10.677,000 dialog steps/hour, 177.950 SAPS, 0.013 sec / 0.017 sec Average DB request time (dia/upd), 99% CPU utilization of central server) running IBM DB2 Enterprise 9.5 database software, AIX 6.1, SAP ECC Release 6.0. (32 processors/64 cores/128 threads). SAP certification #2008019.

Source: www.sap.com/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.

• The 8-core IBM System i5 570 (2.2 GHz) achieved the best overall SAP BI Data Mart Benchmark result (114,687 query navigation steps/hour) running DB2, i5/OS V5R4, SAP Netweaver 2004s. (8 processors/8 cores/16 threads). SAP Certification number 2007027.

Source: www.sap.com/benchmark

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.

• An 8-core IBM eServer p5 570 (1.9 GHz) achieved the best overall result (15,004 users, .533 second average response time).

Source: http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/html/results.html

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.

• An 8-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) achieved the best 8-core medium kit results of 3000 users at .764 response time, 94,757 lines/hr, 74,257 checks/hr; 2700 users at .702 response time, 97,784 lines/hr, 84,270 checks/hr; 2100 users at .625 response time, 106,838 lines/hr, 91,047 checks/hr.

Source: http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/html/results.html

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.

• An 8-core IBM eServer p5 570 (1.9 GHz) achieved the best overall result (2,744,000 throughput in lines per 62 minutes).

Source: http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/html/results.html

Measures performance of Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

• An 8-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) achieved the best 8-core result (7000 users, 83.8% avg CPU utilization / 42.6% avg CPU utilization on IBM System p 570 4-core database server).

Source: http://www.oracle.com/applications/crm/siebel/resources/siebel-resource-
library.html

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