Oracle's Sun Fire X4270 M3 server
achieved 8,320 SAP SD Benchmark users running
SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 with unicode software
using Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Solaris 10.
The Sun Fire X4270 M3 server using Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Solaris 10 beat both IBM Flex System x240 and IBM System x3650 M4 server running DB2 9.7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition.
The Sun Fire X4270 M3 server
running Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Solaris 10
beat the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 server
using SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
by 6%.
The Sun Fire X4270 M3 server
using Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Solaris 10
beat Cisco UCS C240 M3 server
running SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition
by 9%.
The Sun Fire X4270 M3 server
running Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Solaris 10
beat the Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S7 server
using SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
by 10%.
Performance Landscape
SAP-SD 2-Tier Performance Table (in decreasing performance order).
SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 (Unicode) Results
(benchmark version from January 2009 to April 2012)
System
OS
Database
Users
SAPERP/ECCRelease
SAPS
SAPS/Proc
Date
Sun Fire X4270 M3
2xIntel Xeon E5-2690 @2.90GHz 128 GB
Oracle Solaris 10
Oracle Database 11g
8,320
20096.0 EP4(Unicode)
45,570
22,785
10-Apr-12
IBM Flex System x240
2xIntel Xeon E5-2690 @2.90GHz 128 GB
Windows Server 2008 R2 EE
DB2 9.7
7,960
20096.0 EP4(Unicode)
43,520
21,760
11-Apr-12
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8
2xIntel Xeon E5-2690 @2.90GHz 128 GB
Windows Server 2008 R2 EE
SQL Server 2008
7,865
20096.0 EP4(Unicode)
42,920
21,460
29-Mar-12
IBM System x3650 M4
2xIntel Xeon E5-2690 @2.90GHz 128 GB
Windows Server 2008 R2 EE
DB2 9.7
7,855
20096.0 EP4(Unicode)
42,880
21,440
06-Mar-12
Cisco UCS C240 M3
2xIntel Xeon E5-2690 @2.90GHz 128 GB
Windows Server 2008 R2 DE
SQL Server 2008
7,635
20096.0 EP4(Unicode)
41,800
20,900
06-Mar-12
Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S7
2xIntel Xeon E5-2690 @2.90GHz 128 GB
Windows Server 2008 R2 EE
SQL Server 2008
7,570
20096.0 EP4(Unicode)
41,320
20,660
06-Mar-12
Complete benchmark results may be found at the SAP benchmark website
http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
Configuration and Results Summary
Hardware Configuration:
Sun Fire X4270 M3
2 x 2.90 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2690 processors
128 GB memory
Sun StorageTek 6540 with 4 * 16 * 300GB 15Krpm 4Gb FC-AL
Software Configuration:
Oracle Solaris 10
Oracle Database 11g
SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode)
Certified Results (published by SAP):
Number of benchmark users:
8,320
Average dialog response time:
0.95 seconds
Throughput:
Fully processed order line:
911,330
Dialog steps/hour:
2,734,000
SAPS:
45,570
SAP Certification:
2012014
Benchmark Description
The SAP Standard Application SD (Sales and Distribution) Benchmark is a
two-tier ERP business test that is indicative of full business
workloads of complete order processing and invoice processing, and
demonstrates the ability to run both the application and database
software on a single system. The SAP Standard Application SD Benchmark
represents the critical tasks performed in real-world ERP business
environments.
SAP is one of the premier world-wide ERP application
providers, and maintains a suite of benchmark tests to demonstrate the
performance of competitive systems on the various SAP products.
See Also
SAP Benchmark Website
Sun Fire X4270 M3 Server oracle.com OTN
Oracle Solaris
oracle.com
OTN
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Enterprise Edition
oracle.com
OTN
Disclosure Statement
Two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard
SAP SD benchmark based on SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode)
application benchmark as of 04/11/12:
Sun Fire X4270 M3 (2 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads)
8,320 SAP SD Users, 2 x 2.90 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2690,
128 GB memory, Oracle 11g, Solaris 10, Cert# 2012014.
IBM Flex System x240 (2 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads) 7,960 SAP SD Users, 2 x 2.90 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2690, 128 GB memory, DB2 9.7, Windows Server 2008 R2 EE, Cert# 2012016.
IBM System x3650 M4 (2 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads)
7,855 SAP SD Users, 2 x 2.90 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2690,
128 GB memory, DB2 9.7, Windows Server 2008 R2 EE, Cert# 2012010.
Cisco UCS C240 M3 (2 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads)
7,635 SAP SD Users, 2 x 2.90 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2690,
128 GB memory, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 DE, Cert# 2012011.
Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S7 (2 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads)
7,570 SAP SD Users, 2 x 2.90 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2690,
128 GB memory, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 EE, Cert# 2012008.
HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 (2 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads)
7,865 SAP SD Users, 2 x 2.90 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2690,
128 GB memory, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 EE, Cert# 2012012.
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