Achieves New TPC-H Record; Extends Dominance as Performance Leader
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NYSE: SGI), a leader in
high-performance multi-platform computing, today announced that it has set two
new world records: the first-ever TPC-H benchmark running the Linux(R)
operating system and a new 100GB TPC-H performance record.
"This TPC-H benchmark demonstrates that SGI is positioned as the leading
vendor for reliable, high-performance Linux database server solutions," said
Desh Urs, vice president, industry solutions, alliances and application
engineering, SGI. "SGI made a strategic decision in 1999 to support the Linux
OS on Intel architectures. The cornerstone of SGI's Linux strategy is the
extension of our expertise with the IRIX operating system and databases to the
Linux platform. Linux solutions complement our high-performance, high-quality
SGI IRIX solutions."
The 100GB TPC-H benchmark was run using a four-node SGI(TM) 1450 server
with IBM DB2 Universal Database(R) EEE Version 7.2, Linux 2.4.3 and SGI
ProPack 1.5, achieving a Composite Queries per-Hour rating of 2,733.8 and a
price performance of $347. The system as tested will be available
October 31, 2001. The benchmark results can be found on the TPC Web site at
http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/h-ttperf.idc.
About the TPC-H Benchmark
The TPC-H is a decision-support benchmark defined by the Transaction
Processing Performance Council (TPC). The TPC-H benchmark consists of a suite
of business-oriented ad hoc queries and concurrent data modifications. The
queries and the data populating the database have been chosen to have broad,
industry-wide relevance. This benchmark illustrates decision-support systems
that examine large volumes of data, execute queries with a high degree of
complexity and give answers to critical business questions.
The performance metric reported by TPC-H is called the TPC-H Composite
Query-per-Hour Performance metric and reflects multiple aspects of the
capability of the system to process queries. These aspects include the
selected database size against which the queries are executed, the query
processing power when queries are submitted by a single stream and the query
throughput when queries are submitted by multiple concurrent users. The TPC is
located on the Web at http://www.tpc.org.
About SGI
SGI provides a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced
graphics solutions that enable customers to understand and conquer their
toughest computing problems. A strong advocate for open technology, SGI is
committed to contributing technology from its core competencies in
visualization and high-performance computing to the open-source community.
Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with offices worldwide, the company is
located on the Web at http://www.sgi.com.
NOTE: IRIX is a registered trademark and SGI and the SGI logo are
trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus
Torvalds. DB2 Universal Database is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
TPC is a trademark of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. Intel is
a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned
herein are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Gregory Slabodkin of SGI, 301-595-2618, or slabodkin@sgi.com.
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