Sybase MPP shows excellent scalability to 128 CPUs

fcasas@ix.netcom.com (Francisco Casas) wrote: Who cares!!!!! >SYBASE ACHIEVES NEAR-PERFECT SCALABILITY ON ONE OF THE WORLDS LARGEST >COMPUTERS: 128 PROCESSOR IBM/RS6000 SP > >Sybase MPP Demonstrates Unlimited Scalability for the Worlds Most >Demanding Data Warehouse and Massive Decision Support Systems > >EMERYVILLE, CA, November 7, 1995 -- Sybase, Inc., The Enterprise >Client/Server Company, today announced results of a test conducted at >the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC). Sybase MPP >(previously called Sybase Navigation Server) demonstrated near-perfect >scalability on an IBM RS/6000 Scalable POWERparallel (SP) system using >128 high performance RISC processors. Sybase MPP is Sybases scalable, >open parallel database for unlimited scalability for large decision >support applications. > >The demonstration consisted of a credit-card database containing a 100 >million row table distributed across all of the processors. A >Powerbuilder graphical interface displayed 12 different queries >running against the 100 million-row database. A variety of database >queries were performed, including a variety of complex queries and >traditional credit card queries for gathering information on account >balances, summaries by customer, and summaries by region. Sybase MPP >demonstrated near-linear scalability from one to 16, 64, and 128 nodes, >and scalability of over 99 percent across the range of 128 processors. > >Additionally, the demonstration included table scans, two- and >three-table joins, as well as parallel inserts and deletes. For >example, a complex sum of all 100 million rows in the database was >achieved in 94 seconds, and a three-table join with an account summary >by customer was achieved in under 20 seconds. > >The MHPCC is a test bed for scalable parallel technologies, said >Margaret Lewis, associate director of marketing for MHPCC. This >demonstration allowed us to showcase the outstanding scalability of >Sybase MPP on 128 processors of our IBM RS/6000 SP system. Not only did >Sybase MPP scale well, it balanced the workload efficiently over the >processors. Customers who need to solve large scale data mining and >data warehousing problems will be very interested in Sybase MPP. > >Sybase MPP is the first and only production open systems DBMS which >provides near-linear scalability and parallelism on all database >operations, said Dennis McEvoy, vice president of Sybase Enterprise >Products. Unlike other parallel products on the market, Sybase MPP has >been designed for a no-contention parallel environment and near-perfect >scalability to support terabytes of data on hundreds of processors. >This demonstration on the IBM RS/6000 SP demonstrates the stability and >portability of Sybase MPP. > >We see a large demand for Sybase MPP in Japan and were pleased to >sponsor this event, said Yoshimi Ogawa, President of Sybase K.K. We >conducted this demonstration for some of our largest customers, many of >which need the performance and scalability of Sybase MPP for their data >warehouse applications. > >* Sybase MPP > >Sybase MPP (formerly called Navigation Server), a member of the Sybase >System 11 family of database products, is the only portable parallel >database product with a shared-nothing architecture for solving the >largest database problems in decision support, data mining, and data >warehousing. It is uniquely architected to distribute large databases >across dozens to hundreds of independent processors, allowing all >database operations to be performed in parallel. Sybase MPP includes >parallel database queries, stored procedures, inserts, deletes, and >complex table joins. These capabilities enable Sybase MPP to scale >with near-linear performance on a variety of computing platforms. > >* Availability & Pricing > >Sybase MPP is in production today on the AT&T 3000 series of systems. A >beta version for the IBM RS/6000 SP is available today, and beta >versions for Hewlett-Packards HP 9000 family of business servers, and >clusters of Sun Microsystems SPARCcluster 1000/2000 PDB (parallel >database) are currently schedule to be available this quarter. > >Pricing for Sybase MPP, which is based on the processor configuration >supported, starts at $110,000. > >* Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) > >The MHPCC was developed and is managed by a consortium led by the >University of New Mexico under a cooperative agreement administered by >Phillips Laboratory, United States Air Force. It houses the worlds >second largest installation of the IBM RS/6000 SP systems, with a total >of 480 processors, offering a capacity of 125 billion calculations per >second (125 gigaflops). > >The MHPCC supports a broad customer base, including Department of >Defense, commercial and academic users. Together with Sybase, MHPCC is >offering leading-edge technology, such as parallel databases, to its >customers. Both companies are working closely together to offer a broad >range of services to commercial and government users, including >education, benchmarking, and testing of large parallel databases for >massive decision support applications. For additional information on >the MHPCC and its services, call (808) 879-5077 or refer to the web >site http://www.mhpcc.edu. > >Sybase, Inc. > >Sybase, Inc. is a worldwide leader in client/server software. Sybase >and its wholly owned subsidiary Powersoft Corporation are focused on >four major market segments: on-line transaction processing, data >warehousing, mass deployment and electronic commerce. Sybase's >software products -- database, middleware and tools -- provide >customers with desktop to enterprise solutions. The company's mission >is to provide its customers with an open, adaptable information systems >architecture that enables them to develop and deliver complete >information systems solutions to facilitate rapid business change. >Headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Sybase is the sixth largest >independent software company in the world. > ># # # > >SYBASE, System 11, SQL Server, Sybase MPP, Navigation Server, >Powersoft, and The Enterprise Client/Server Company are trademarks of >Sybase, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of >the respective companies with which they are associated. >