The SAP standard application benchmark performed on February 26, 1998, by SNI in Paderborn, Germany, was certified on March 9, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 5,000 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.98 seconds

Throughput: 25,030 SAPS (1,502,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 501,000 processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.129 (dialog) / 0.401 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 85%

CPU utilization application servers: 65% (dia: 66%, upd: 63%, msg/enq:54%)

Operating System (database server): Reliant Unix 5.44 B

Operating System (application serv.): Reliant Unix 5.43 C / Windows NT 4.0

RDBMS: Oracle 7.3.3

R/3 Release: 3.1 G (3.1 H kernel)

Total disk space: 608 GB

Configuration:

1 Database Server: SNI RM 600 Model E60, 20 processors SMP, MIPS R10000, 250 MHz, 8 MB L2 cache, 4,096 MB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 49 servers):

All application server were 4-processor SMP systems with various amounts of Second Level Cache (SLC):

10 Dialog Server: SNI RM 400 C90 , R10000 200 MHz, 4 MB SLC, 1 GB memory

24 Dialog Server: Primergy 560, Pent.Pro 200 MHz, 256 KB SLC, 1 GB memory

6 Dialog Server: Primergy 560, Pentium Pro 200 MHz, 1 MB SLC, 1 GB memory

2 Update Server: SNI RM 400 C90 , R10000 200 MHz, 4 MB SLC, 1 GB memory

6 Update Server: Primergy 560, Pentium Pro 200 MHz, 1 MB SLC, 1 GB memory

1 Msg/Enq. Serv.: Primergy 560, Pentium Pro 200 MHz, 1 MB SLC, 1 GB memory