The SAP standard application benchmark performed on August 25, 1999, by IBM in Poughkeepsie, USA was certified on September 7, 1999 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 16,640 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.96 seconds

Throughput: 83,450 SAPS (5,007,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 1,669,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.112 (dialog) / 0.245 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 99%

CPU utilization application servers: 93% (dia/upd: 93%, msg/enq: 29%)

Operating System database server: AIX 4.3.3

Operating System application server: AIX 4.3.2

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0.5

R/3 Release: 4.0 B

Total disk space: 800 GB

Configuration:

1 Database Server: RS/6000 Model S80, 24-processors SMP, RS64-III, 450 MHz, 8 MB SLC (Second Level Cache), 32 GB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 161 Servers):

128 Dia/Upd Serv.: RS/6000 SP Model H50, 4-processors SMP, PowerPC 604e, 332 MHz, 256 KB SLC , 2 GB main memory

32 Dia/Upd Serv.: RS/6000 SP Model 43P-260, 2-processors SMP, Power3, 200 MHz, 4 MB SLC , 2 GB main memory

1 Msg/Enq Serv.: RS/6000 Model S7A, 12-processors SMP, RS64-II, 262 MHz, 8 MB SLC , 8 GB main memory