The SAP standard application benchmark performed on August 27, 1998, by IBM in Foster City, CA, USA was certified on September 1, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 4,960 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.76 seconds

Throughput: 25,300 SAPS (1,518,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 506,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.196 (dialog) / 0.160 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 98%

CPU utilization application servers: 85% (dia: 87%, upd: 84%, msg/enq: 40%)

Operating System (all servers): AIX 4.3.1

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0.5

R/3 Release: 4.0 B

Total disk space: 360 GB

Configuration:

1 Database Server: RS/6000 Model S70, 12-processors SMP, RS64-II, 262 MHz, 8 MB SLC (Second Level Cache), 8 GB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 49 Servers):

40 Dialog Server: RS/6000 Model H50, 4-processors SMP PowerPC 604e, 332 MHz, 256 KB SLC , 2 GB main memory

8 Update Server: RS/6000 Model H50, 4-processors SMP PowerPC 604e, 332 MHz, 256 KB SLC , 2 GB main memory

1 Msg/Enq Serv.: RS/6000 Model H50, 4-processors SMP PowerPC 604e, 332 MHz, 256 KB SLC , 2 GB main memory