Thursday, 27 July 2006

Sybase, IBM Set Transaction Processing Record for Linux

IBM System p5 520 and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) for Linux has set a new transaction processing performance record for 2-core systems by delivering 81,439 transactions per minute (tpmC) on the leading TPC-C benchmark.1, said the two companies in an announcement this morning.

"The new configuration shows how IBM System p with Linux on POWER running Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise delivers a high-performance, cost-effective transaction processing Linux database platform," said David Jacobson, senior director, strategic alliances, Sybase. "The superior performance of this configuration shows the quality of the technology created by both IBM and Sybase," said Per Larsen, vice president, marketing and strategy, IBM Systems Group.

This new record beats the previous 2-core HP/Itanium2 and Oracle 10g performance record for Linux by 58 per cent. It also beats the previous 2-core HP/Opteron and Microsoft SQL Server performance record and is less expensive by 23 per cent.

The benchmarked configuration is expected to be available 22 December, 2006.