Sun Posts Record Web
Performance -- Beats
DEC, HP and IBM
Sun Enterprise 250 Server Running The Solaris
Operating Environment With SINGLE 300MHz Processor
Beats Hewlett Packard's DUAL 400MHz Server Results
PALO ALTO, Calif., -- September 21, 1998
-- Soaring past
the competition with record Internet performance and
scalability, Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced
that its new SunTM EnterpriseTM 250 server posted
industry-leading results for a two-processor server on
the SPECweb96 benchmark -- the industry-standard test
used to measure the performance of Web servers. As a
testament to its achievement, not only did the Sun
Enterprise 250 server beat all two-way rivals, but the
systems' single 300MHz processor results even
surpassed the best performance numbers posted by the
HP dual 400MHz system.
The dual-processor Sun Enterprise 250 server, running
SunTM WebServerTM software on the SolarisTM operating
environment, posted a rating of 4,154 SPECweb96 HTTP
operations per second and the single-processor results
were 2,298 SPECweb96 HTTP operations per second.
Competitively, the Sun Enterprise 250 server numbers
outshined the best published results of all other vendors
in its class. The SunTM system surpassed the best
two-way result -- 3,703 operations per second -- posted
by HP 9000 Model D390 Enterprise Server -- by 12%. The
Sun system also beat the two-way result -- 3,111
operations per second -- posted by the IBM Netfinity
5500 with two 400MHz Pentium II processors and
running Windows NT -- by 33 percent, as well as the
two-way result posted by Digital -- 3,000 operations per
second -- on the AlphaServer 1200 5/533 with two
533MHz processors -- by 38 percent. And most notably,
the Sun system single-processor results surpassed the
two-way result from HP on Windows NT-- 2,192
operations per second -- posted on the NetServer LH
3/400 with two 400MHz Pentium II processors. For all
SPECweb96 results see the SPECweb homepage at http://www.specbench.org/osg/web96.
"With the heightened demand placed on web servers for
Internet communications, customers are looking for
solutions that offer the power and scalability to grow
with their needs," said David Douglas, director of
marketing for Sun's workgroup servers. "These
SPECweb benchmark results not only set an industry
record for systems in this class, but also demonstrate
the power of the Solaris operating environment and a
balanced system design. It is clear that chip speed alone
does not equate to better performance."
SPECweb96
SPECweb96 is the industry's first standardized
benchmark for measuring performance of World Wide
Web servers. The benchmark focuses on server
performance, measuring the ability of the server to
service HTTP requests. It measures the response time
for each request and calculates a metric based on
overall throughput, measured as maximum benchmark
operations per second. The benchmark was developed
by SPEC's Open Systems Group in conjunction with
leading Web product vendors and research
organizations, including Sun Microsystems.
The Sun Enterprise
250 Workgroup Server
The rack-ready Sun Enterprise
250 server delivers
enterprise-class features and functionality in a
dual-processor server. In addition to featuring an
extensive array of built-in RAS features and remote
management capabilities, the system combines power,
storage capacity, fast I/O throughput and exceptional
network I/O speed -- making it an ideal system for
business critical applications such as database,
Internet/intranet, ERP and collaborative computing.
The Sun Enterprise 250 system is one of five servers
designed for workgroup computing environments. The
system is part of the Sun Enterprise server line, the
industry's only single, binary-compatible family of
systems that scales from cost-effective workgroup
servers to large department and data center systems.
The Solaris Operating
Environment
Designed for IT professionals, line-of-business
managers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and power
users, Sun's Solaris operating environment can be
accessed and used by type of device connected to the
network, including-performance workstations, Microsoft
Windows computers Windows NT servers. Unlike other
operating environments, Solaris software is tuned for
network computing and exploits the full capability of
both SPARC and Intel-based computers. It is extremely
fast, highly reliable, scalable, secure, very easy to install
and use, optimized for the JavaTM technology platform
and supports more than 12,000 applications.
About Sun Microsystems
Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular
vision, "The
Network Is The ComputerTM", has propelled Sun
Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), to its position as
leading provider of high-quality hardware, software and
services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and
expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $9
billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more
than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
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