The SAP standard application benchmark performed on August 19, 1998, by SNI in Augsburg, Germany was certified on September 2, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 2,300 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.88 seconds

Throughput: 11,620 SAPS (697,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 232,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.062 (dialog) / 0.167 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 94%

CPU utilization application servers: 75% (dia: 84%, upd: 56%, msg/enq: 26%)

Operating System (all servers): Windows NT 4.0

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0.4

R/3 Release: 3.1 H

Total disk space: 774 GB

Configuration:

1 Database Server: SNI Primergy 870-40, 4-processors, Pentium II Xeon 400 MHz,

1 MB SLC (second level cache), 4 GB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 21 Servers):

15 Dialog Servers: SNI Primergy 560, 4-processors, Pentium Pro 200 MHz,

1 MB SLC, 1 GB main memory

5 Update Servers: SNI Primergy 560, 4-processors, Pentium Pro 200 MHz,

1 MB SLC, 1 GB main memory

1 Msg/Enq Serv.: SNI Primergy 560, 4-processors, Pentium Pro 200 MHz,

1 MB SLC, 512 MB main memory