The SAP standard application benchmark performed on October 8, 1999, by Compaq in Munich, Germany was certified on October 22, 1999 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 370 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.99 seconds

Throughput: 1,850 SAPS (111,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 37,000 processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.123 (dialog) / 0.167 (update)

CPU utilization central server: 99%

Operating System central server: Linux 2.2.11

RDBMS: DB2 V6.1

R/3 Release: 4.0 B

Total disk space: 255 GB

Configuration:

1 Central Server: Compaq ProLiant 8000, 8 processors SMP, Intel Pentium III Xeon, 550 MHz, 2 MB Second Level Cache, 4 GB main memory