The SAP standard application benchmark performed by Data General on August 28, 1999, in RTP, NC, USA, was certified on September 3, 1999 with the following data:

Number of users and component: 4,900 SD

Average dialog response time: 1.85 seconds

Throughput / hour: 24,800 SAPS (1,488,000 dialog steps/hour )

Equivalent to (order lines / hour): 496,000 processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.040 (dialog) / 0.086 (update)

CPU utilization of database servers: 99%

CPU utilization of application servers: 75% (Dia: 79%, Upd: 70%, Msg/Enq: 7%)

Operating System all servers: Windows NT 4.0

RDBMS: Oracle 8.1.5

R/3 Release: 4.0 B

Total disk space: 728 GB

Configuration:

Database Servers:

1 Database Server: Data General AV8900, 8-processors Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz,

2 MB L2 cache, 4 GB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 26 servers):

12 Dialog: Data General AV3704, 4-processors Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz,

2 MB L2 cache, 4 GB main memory

8 Dialog: Data General AV3700, 4-processors Pentium III Xeon 500 MHz,

2 MB L2 cache, 4 GB main memory

5 Update: Data General AV3700, 4-processors Pentium III Xeon 500 MHz,

2 MB L2 cache, 4 GB main memory

1 Msg./Enq.: Data General AV3700, 4-processors Pentium III Xeon 500 MHz,

2 MB L2 cache, 4 GB main memory