DL980 sets world record in BI & SAP performance
Built to handle the largest x86 enterprise environments with confidence, the HP ProLiant DL980 G7, featuring the PREMA Architecture with Smart CPU Caching and a redundant system fabric, delivers:
- a 200% boost in availability, 3x database performance
- 1/3 more I/O
- 197:1 consolidation ratio.
2 new world record performance benchmark results demonstrate why the DL980 G7 will be a great platform for SAP Sales and Distribution and business intelligence (BI) workloads
HP ProLiant DL980 G7 offers exceptional price / performance for Business Intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) is a critical function in enabling customers to make better business decisions. The ProLiant DL980 G7 is optimised to support this function. Running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008, the DL980 G7 has delivered a non-clustered performance record on the TPC-H@3000GB benchmark with results of 162,601.7 QphH and a price/performance of $2.68/QphH@3000GB. These results demonstrate that customers can deploy large business intelligence solutions at an aggressive TCO on the high-performance 8 socket ProLiant DL980 G7 server.
Summary of results:
- Beat 32P IBM Power-6 based 595 server performance with 1/8th price per query and 1/5th rack space
- Achieved best non-clustered price/performance on TPC-H@3000GB
- Achieved best non-clustered performance for x86 servers on TPC-H@3000GBStay up and running with VM isolation, using the ‘poison-and-recover’ technology within the processor to isolate and contain bad data to specific applications or virtual machines (VMs)
HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Excels in SAP® Sales and Distribution
The SAP Sales and Distribution module is used to manage customer-focused activities from selling to delivery, and as such is critical to supporting the top line revenue of a business. As HP’s new results illustrate, the ProLiant DL980 G7 is ideal for supporting this important environment. The ProLiant DL980 G7 server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 earned the #1 overall SAP 2-tier Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 with a score of 18,180 SAP SD Benchmark users or 99,320 SAPS. This benchmark result highlights the competitive capabilities of the DL980 G7 and why the DL980 G7 is a perfect fit for sales and distribution with exceptional scalability and value.
Summary of results:
- Best overall windows performance
- Outperforms similarly configured Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST result by 13.6%
- Excellent scaling (1.74x ) over the four-processor DL580 G7 server
- More than twice (2.2x ) performance over the 8-processor ProLiant G6 server
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