The SAP standard application benchmark performed on August 27, 1998, by HP in Cupertino, CA, USA was certified on September 2, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 2,700 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.98 seconds

Throughput: 13,520 SAPS (811,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 270,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.071 (dialog) / 0.133 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 99%

CPU utilization application servers: 70% (dia: 79%, upd: 55%, msg/enq: 48%)

Operating System (all servers): Windows NT 4.0

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0.4

R/3 Release: 3.1 H

Total disk space: 580 GB

Configuration:

1 Database Server: HP Netserver LXr 8000, 4-processors, Pentium II Xeon 400 MHz, 1 MB SLC (second level cache), 2 GB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 16 Servers):

12 Dialog Servers: HP Netserver LXr 8000, 4-processors, Pentium II Xeon 400 MHz, 1 MB SLC, 1 GB main memory

3 Update Servers: HP Netserver LXr 8000, 4-processors, Pentium II Xeon 400 MHz, 1 MB SLC, 1 GB main memory

1 Msg/Enq Serv.: HP Netserver LH3, 2-processors, Pentium II 400 MHz, 512 KB SLC, 512 MB main memory