NEC Solutions Achieves Record-Breaking TPC-C Benchmark Score on 32-Way NEC Server

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NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America, recently announced a record-breaking TPC-C benchmark score conducted on a 32-way NEC server running Oracle(R) Database 10g Enterprise Edition and a pre-release of the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server. The 609,467 transactions per minute (tpmC) benchmark score was achieved by leveraging NEC's highly scalable, ccNUMA system architecture utilizing 32 Intel Itanium 2 processors. This significant achievement demonstrates the performance and flexibility of systems based on Intel's Itanium 2 processors for large databases.

Key Takeaways:

  • NEC Solutions achieved a record-breaking TPC-C benchmark score of 609,467 transactions per minute (tpmC) on a 32-way NEC server.
  • The benchmark was conducted using Oracle(R) Database 10g Enterprise Edition and a pre-release of the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9.
  • NEC's highly scalable, ccNUMA system architecture utilizing 32 Intel Itanium 2 processors was instrumental in achieving this significant performance milestone.
  • Oracle Database 10g is designed to take advantage of system and processor advancements such as those made by NEC and Intel Corporation.
  • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server for Intel Itanium Processor Family is designed to meet the highest requirements in terms of scalability and performance.

Statistics:

  • NEC Solutions achieved a TPC-C benchmark score of 609,467 transactions per minute (tpmC) on a 32-way NEC server.
  • The benchmark was conducted using 32 Intel Itanium 2 processors at 1.5 GHz, each with 6MB L3 cache.
  • The system was configured with 512 GB RAM and ran Oracle(R) Database 10g Enterprise Edition and SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9.
  • The TPC-C benchmark score is a testament to the high performance and scalability of NEC server products.

Sources:

  • NEC Solutions (America), Inc. Press Release, April 7, 2004.
  • Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) Source, http://www.tpc.org/.