System R/3

Standard Application Benchmarks Certification Confirmation

Certification Number 1998024




The SAP standard application benchmark performed on August 25, 1998, by HP in Cupertino, CA, USA was certified on August 27, 1998 with the following data:


Number of benchmark users: 6,750 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.95 seconds

Throughput: 33,900 SAPS (2,034,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 678,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.123 (dialog) / 0.303 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 99%

CPU utilization application servers: 82% (dia/upd: 85%, msg/enq: 31%)

Operating System (database server): HP-UX 11.0

Operating System (application serv.): HP-UX 11.0 / HP-UX 10.20

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0.4

R/3 Release: 3.1 H

Total disk space: 432 GB


Configuration:

1 Database Server: HP 9000 V2250, 16 processors SMP, PA 8200 220 MHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 16 GB main memory


Application Servers (Total: 10 Server):

9 Dial/Upd Server: HP 9000 V2250, 16 processors SMP, PA 8200 220 MHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 16 GB main memory

1 Msg/Enq Serv.: HP 9000 K380, 6 processors SMP, PA 8200 220 MHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 2 GB main memory



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