DB2 for Sun press release
SUN ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY-LEADING PRICE/PERFORMANCE RESULTS RUNNING IBM'S DB2 VERSION 2 RELATIONAL DATABASE SOLUTION MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - December 21, 1995 - Sun Microsystems Computer Company (SMCC) today announced the industry's best-ever price/performance results for the Transaction Processing Performance Council Benchmark C (TPC-C) benchmark. Sun's SPARCserver (TM) 1000E with eight 85 MHz SuperSPARC (TM) CPUs, running IBM's DATABASE 2 (DB2)* Version 2 database server software on the Solaris (TM) 2.4 symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) operating system, delivered results of 3255.88 transactions per minute (tpmC) at a price/performance of $182 per tpmC. The new performance results are the best-ever published DB2 Version 2 performance figures and the first on a non-IBM platform, demonstrating the commitment of IBM and Sun to open industry standards. "These TPC results provide further evidence that Sun is an industry leader in delivering reliable high-performance database servers for mission-critical applications," said Carl Stolle, Sun's director of server marketing. "For DB2 customers, Sun offers the most scalable server platform, the best price/performance, and the most experienced UNIX (R) service organization." According to Janet Perna, director of database technology, IBM Software Solutions Division, "We are excited at this opportunity to demonstrate IBM DB2 Version 2's superior performance and reliability features on the Sun (TM) Solaris system as part of this TPC-C benchmark. This demonstrates IBM's continuing commitment to making its leadership database products available on all high-performance platforms -- something our customers require in order to maintain their competitive edge in the marketplace." With IBM's award-winning DB2 Version 2 software, users can take advantage of a number of new features, such as the ability to search, access, manipulate and distribute multimedia and unstructured data, including text, audio, video and still images. Also, database administrators and application developers can create advanced Structured Query Language (SQL) applications that incorporate user-defined types and user-defined functions. The TPC-C benchmark simulates an order entry environment for a warehouse operation. The benchmark has gained industry acceptance because it is considered to be similar to "real world" processing. By simulating the activities found in complex Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) application environments, the TPC-C benchmark exercises a system's breadth of components associated with such environments. IBM Software Solutions provides data management, application development and workgroup solutions for mission-critical applications on PCs, workstations, LANs and host systems. For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com The fastest, easiest way to get information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com Sun Microsystems Computer Company is a world leader in the design, manufacture and sale of network computing systems and is a division of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Recognized for quality and innovation, the company's SPARC (TM) workstations and multiprocessing servers each hold the No. 1 UNIX (R) marketshare position. These systems are used primarily by businesses, educational institutions and governments worldwide for technical, commercial, industrial, and software development applications. ### Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Sun Microsystems Computer Company The Network is the Computer, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or register trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. SPARCserver, SPARCcenter and SPARCstorage are licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Inc UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web using a tool such as Netscape or NCSA Mosaic. Type http://www.sun.com at the URL prompt. *Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.