The SAP standard application benchmark performed on Feb. 9, 1998, by Compaq in Houston, TX, USA was certified on February 12, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 1,359 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.91 seconds

Throughput: 6,850 SAPS (411,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 137,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.181 (dialog) / 0.401 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 98%

CPU utilization application servers: 75% (dia: 89%, upd: 53%, msg/enq:16%)

Operating System (database server): Windows NT 4.0 SP3

Operating System (application serv.): Windows NT 4.0 SP3

RDBMS: Oracle 7.3

R/3 Release: 3.1 H

Total disk space: 185 GB

Configuration:

1 Database Server: Compaq ProLiant 5500R 6/200, 4 processors SMP, Pentium Pro 200 MHz, 1 MB L2 cache, 3 GB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 13 servers):

All application server are Compaq ProLiant 5500R 6/200, Pentium Pro 200 MHz

9 Dialog Server: ProLiant, 4-processor SMP, 1 MB L2 cache, 1 GB memory

3 Update Server: ProLiant, 4-processor SMP, 1 MB L2 cache, 1 GB memory

1 Msg/Enq Serv.: ProLiant, 4-processor SMP, 1 MB L2 cache, 1 GB memory