Posted on 01/10/2002 6:12:44 PM PST by Bush2000
New Platform Record on TPC-C Non-Clustered Benchmark Test
Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition and SQL Server 2000 Advance over UNIX
Las Vegas, NV – November 11, 2001 - In his keynote address at Comdex today, Bill Gates announced a significant milestone for Microsoft's enterprise platform: a Unisys ES7000, running Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition and SQL Server™ 2000 Enterprise Edition, set a new high-water mark for Windows performance on the prestigious TPC-C Non-Clustered Benchmark test. Auditors clocked this system processing an astounding 165,219 transactions per minute, a new world-record for Windows-based systems. Moreover, at $21.33 per transaction, this result lays claim to the best price-performance of any entry in the top ten performance list, whose remaining systems cost twice as much per transaction on average.
Redefining the Enterprise Operating Environment
Until recently, only UNIX systems could claim a place on the elite top-ten list for TPC-C Non-Clustered (single server) performers. Competition for these spots is intense, and server hardware manufacturers invest millions of dollars and countless hours vying for position. They are often rewarded for this in the marketplace, where enterprise customers rely on the integrity of TPC data as they evaluate new business platforms.
Now Windows is challenging this elite group, and making it hard for proprietary UNIX vendors to justify the high costs of their systems. With the introduction of Windows Datacenter Server on large-scale systems like the 32-processor Unisys ES7000, Windows and SQL Server now have a platform that can be measured against large-scale UNIX systems.
The results have been astounding. With today's announcement, Windows and SQL Server have not only moved to sixth place in the top ten performance list, they have staked a claim to the best price/performance of any system in the group. While the average price/performance of the other top ten performers is approximately $42 per transaction, Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition is the leader at just over $21 per transaction, nearly twice as cost-effective. Windows has begun to shift the economics of large-scale systems as it has done with smaller servers and personal computers in the past.
A Changing Landscape
The performance record of Windows-based systems is growing with phenomenal speed. Windows has long been the undisputed leader for scalability on smaller systems—those equipped with one to four processors. Prior to the release of Windows 2000, Windows and SQL Server held four of the top ten performance records in the TPC-C Clustered benchmark. Today, Windows and SQL Server hold every result in the top ten, including the staggering world-record of 709,220 transactions per minute.
With today's result, Windows and SQL Server now hold two of the top ten performance results on the TPC-C Non-Clustered list—the benchmark that measures the performance of large, scale-up systems like the Unisys ES7000. Once the domain of costly proprietary vendors like Sun Microsystems, today's list includes Unisys, IBM, Compaq, HP, Fujitsu, and Bull—all members of the Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Program. Sun is no longer found on the top-ten TPC-C Non-Clustered performance list.
Sun's absence is not surprising given the effect Windows has had on the economics of single-server systems. A look at the top ten price/performance results on the TPC-C Non-Clustered benchmark shows that Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000 occupy every record on the list.
Momentum Going Forward
Windows' performance record has been expanding rapidly, in both scale-up and scale-out arenas. The Windows 2000 Server Family and SQL Server 2000 hold world records on SAP-SD Three-tier, SAP-Retail, PeopleSoft eBill Payment, PeopleSoft 8 CRM, Onyx, Great Plains, and Pivotal eRelationship benchmarks.
Today's announcement marks one of the first results published on Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition, part of the next generation of the Windows Server Family. With an impressive base of evidence on Windows 2000 and a glimpse of things to come, Windows is poised to extend its performance and scalability leadership well into the future.
Notes: Today's benchmark result was achieved using a 32-way Unisys ES7000 running Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. The system performed 165,219 transactions per minute (tpmC) at a cost/transaction of $21.33. The complete system will be available on March 10, 2002, while the Unisys ES7000 and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition are available today. For more details, see http://www.tpc.org.
I notice that Mr. Bush (the freeper) has clearly identified him or herself as a Microsoft Groupie aka employee and bona fide member of the gate's groupie's squad.
That MS would tout the results on a cheated test as being a fair benchmark for their software, while exempting every other highly competitive system on EQUALLY financed and equipped hardware; I find quite laughable; and very, very typical for MS. Liars and cheats.
Thanks for pointing it out and reminding us all why we need to keep the often better, faster, more accurate and economical systems at the forefront of our thinking and planning. That anyone at MS would honestly think that the high-level, more advanced caliber business/technology system purchasers would ever consider their systems after such blatant and apparent test manipulation and apparent misrepresentation says a lot about their product.
It truly smacks of the disdain and disrespect the entire organization has for the intelligence of the folks who MIGHT have otherwise considered their offerings in the near future.
They truly believe "there's a sucker born every minute." That is why they treat us so. And the pandering self-promotion of their product by employees on this website, in this non-commercial venue, where JIM has repeatedly asked us NOT to sell or promote our business or products; shows a real disrespect for this forum as well.
Since linux obviously sucks to the MS crowd, yet is a free system; perhaps jim should counter-promote their free os's and software offerings on this site; being that this is SUPPOSED to be a no sales, no profit venue. I for one am a little tired of the incessant "RAH RAH microslop..."
That is many of us get a little sick of it every day. Thanks for reminding me why.
The announcement, press release is a meaningless comparison test result between apples and coconuts... MS does some things good. When it gets good enough, and stops leaking code, folks will start using it for more high end stuff, but until then--
As much advertising as he's doing here . . .
Just who do they think they're kidding anyway?
You're a fine one to talk, Mr. Java Does It All, And Better Than Anything Else.
What rank hypocrisy.
Microsoft employees are now being encouraged to participate more and interact more. In the hope of turning the loathing for them in the IT field into something like mild dislike.
Yup, the TPC benchmarks don't factor in the major cost of trying to convert and keep up with Microsft's recurring tax on business.
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