Informix Announces Highest TPC-C On 32-Bit SMP Systems

}INFORMIX ANNOUNCES HIGHEST TPC-C PERFORMANCE }NUMBER ON 32-BIT SMP SYSTEM } }Silicon Graphics Selects Informix as Database of Choice for Its First }TPC-C Benchmark } }MENLO PARK, Calif. (November 6, 1995) -- Informix Software Inc. }(NASDAQ:IFMX), the leader in parallel processing database technology, }today announced the highest-ever Transaction Processing Council TPC-C }benchmark result for any 32-bit symmetric multiprocessing system (SMP). }The benchmark, running INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server version 7.1, the }company's multithreaded, parallel processing database server, achieved a }transaction rate of 6,313.78 transactions per minute (tpmC) on Silicon }Graphic's 16-processor CHALLENGE XL symmetric multiprocessing server }with a price/performance ratio of $479 per tpmC. } }The result is the first TPC-C published on a Silicon Graphics SMP }server, and represents 39% faster performance compared to Sybase's System }11 benchmark running on a SUN SPARCcenter 2000E server (4544 tpmC). The }benchmark also represents a 12% faster transaction rate compared to }Sybase's most recent System 11 benchmark running on an HP 9000 Model T500 }Corporate Business Server (5621 tpmC).* } }"We are pleased that Silicon Graphics selected Informix as the }database vendor to run its first TPC-C benchmark ever," said Steve Sommer, }vice president, Marketing, Informix. "Silicon Graphic's decision to run on }Informix reinforces the fact that Informix database servers are the }number one choice of computer hardware manufacturers for publishing TPC }benchmarks for systems based on the UNIX operating system. In just one }benchmark, we nearly doubled the performance of our previous benchmark, }and unlike our competitors, ran the benchmark on a product that is }currently available to customers." } }Informix leads the industry in TPC-C benchmark results with the }most TPC-C results published to date using OnLine Dynamic Server }(Informix- 25, Sybase- 11, Oracle- 3, All Others- 11).** } }Informix has been offering OnLine Dynamic Server, based on the }company's parallel processing database technology Dynamic Scalable }Architecture (DSA), since the end of 1993. DSA is widely acknowledged as }the proven industry-leading database technology for performance, }scalability and price/performance. } }The TPC-C benchmark test, developed in 1992 by the Transaction }Processing Performance Council, is considered to be the best standard }benchmark test for evaluating real-world application performance. } }Silicon Graphics CHALLENGE servers are uniquely suited to meet }the needs of users who are implementing large, complex database }applications in the areas of OLTP, data warehousing, and data mining. }Silicon Graphics' background in visual computing and high-performance }systems allows the company to deliver a client/server solution that is }optimal for the visualization and analysis of data generated by OLTP }applications. } }About Informix }Informix Software is the leading supplier of high performance, }parallel processing database technology, for open systems. The company's }database servers are the number one choice of computer hardware }manufacturers for publishing Transaction Processing Council (TPC) }benchmarks for UNIX-based systems. Informix products also include application }development tools for creating client/server production applications, }decision support systems, and ad-hoc query interfaces, and connectivity }software that allows information to be shared transparently from PCs to }mainframes within the corporate computing environment. The company's }corporate headquarters is in Menlo Park, California. More information }about Informix is available via the World Wide Web: }http://www.informix.com/. }### } } }* Sybase System 11 benchmark on the SPARCcenter 2000E server ran at a }cost of $396/tpmC. System 11 benchmark on the HP9000 Model T500 ran at a }cost of $390/tpmC. } }* TPC-C results as of October 27,1995. } }-- } } ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- //////////////// ////////// // Mark Lee ////// / /// Informix Consultancy Group, Ashford UK ///// // //// Tel: (44) 181 818 1000 //// // ///// Fax: (44) 181 818 1150 /// // ////// // // /////// email Internet: marklee@informix.com / /////////// Compuserve: 101355.1027@compuserve.com //////////////// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------