The SAP standard application benchmark performed on March 4, 1998, by SNI in Augsburg, Germany was certified on March 9, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 1,206 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.97 seconds

Throughput: 6,050 SAPS (363,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 121,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.279 (dialog) / 0.576 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 97%

CPU utilization application servers: 62% (dia: 72%, upd: 48%, msg/enq:14%)

Operating System (database server): Windows NT 4.0

Operating System (application serv.): Windows NT 4.0

RDBMS: Oracle 7.3.3

R/3 Release: 3.1 H

Total disk space: 404 GB

Configuration:

1 Database Server: SNI Primergy 760, 4 processors SMP, Pentium Pro 200 MHz, 1 MB SLC (Second Level Cache), 3 GB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 13 servers):

All application server were SNI Primergy 560, Pentium Pro 200 MHz

9 Dialog Server: Primergy 560, 4-processor SMP, 1 MB SLC, 768 MB memory

3 Update Server: Primergy 560, 4-processor SMP, 512 KB SLC, 768 MB memory

1 Msg/Enq Serv.: Primergy 560, 4-processor SMP, 1 MB SLC, 512 MB memory