The SAP standard application benchmark performed on August 30, 1998, by SNI in Augsburg, Germany was certified on September 2, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 2,502 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.98 seconds

Throughput: 12,530 SAPS (752,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 251,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.083 (dialog) / 0.232 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 98%

CPU utilization application servers: 66% (dia: 72%, upd: 55%, msg/enq: 29%)

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: 15 Servers):

11 Dialog Servers: SNI Primergy 870-40, 4-processors, Pentium II Xeon 400 MHz,

1 MB SLC, 2 GB main memory

3 Update Servers: SNI Primergy 870-40, 4-processors, Pentium II Xeon 400 MHz,

1 MB SLC, 2 GB main memory

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

1 MB SLC, 512 MB main memory