HP Integrity rx8640 sets #1 overall 16P, 1TB TPC-H performance benchmark record

Lorrie Chambers

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PERFORMANCE BRIEF HP Integrity rx8640 Server sets #1 16p 1TB TPC-H performance benchmark record ®P ®Pwith MicrosoftP WindowsP Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 Scalability doubles while cutting price/performance in half! TThe new HP Combined with the processor-enhancing capabilities of the HP Super-Integrity rx8640 Scalable Processor Chipset sx2000, the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Server: delivers outstanding performance, scalability, and simplified Superior performance management at an exceptional value. With its latest TPC-H benchmark, announced in July 2006, the HP Integrity rx8640 Server with the dual-• #1 overall 16p ® ®performance result on core Intel Itanium 2 processor demonstrates a superior level of TPC-H 1TB benchmark performance, functionality, and value within enterprise-class midrange • Almost twice as fast in servers. performance as the Bull NovaScale 5160 16p The result, 33,488 QphH, at an outstanding price/performance of $27.00/QphH, is the • 45% better than NEC’s #1 16p 1TB TPC-H result across all operating systems and database environments. 32p Windows result—while reducing price/performance by Figure 1. The HP Integrity rx8640 16p/32c Server with dual-core Intel Itanium 2 processor, defeats 60% the Bull NovaScale 5160 16-processor and the NEC Express5800 32-processor single-core Itanium 2 servers. A full-disclosure report describing these benchmark results has been filed with the Transaction Processing 40,000 ...

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PERFORMANCE BRIEF HP Integrity rx8640 Server sets #1 16p 1TB TPCH performance benchmark record ®P ®P ith MicrosoftPWindowsP Server2003 and SQL Server 2005 Scalability doubles while cutting price/performance in half! TThe new HP Combined with the processorenhancing capabilities of the HP Super Integrity rx8640 Scalable Processor Chipset sx2000, the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Server: delivers outstanding performance, scalability, and simplified Superior performance management at an exceptional value. With its latest TPCH benchmark, • #1 overall 16p announced in July 2006, the HP Integrity rx8640 Server with the dual ® ® performance result on core IntelItanium 2processor demonstrates a superior level of TPCH 1TB benchmark performance, functionality, and value within enterpriseclass midrange • Almost twice as fast in  servers. performance as the Bull NovaScale 5160 16p The result, 33,488 QphH, at an outstanding price/performance of $27.00/QphH, is the • 45% better than NEC’s #1 16p 1TB TPCH result across all operating systems and database environments. 32p Windows result— while reducing price/performance by Figure 1.The HP Integrity rx8640 16p/32c Server with dualcore Intel Itanium 2 processor, defeats 60% the Bull NovaScale 5160 16processor and the NEC Express5800 32processor singlecore Itanium 2 servers. A fulldisclosure report describing these benchmark results has been filed with the Transaction Processing 40,000 $80 Performance Council (TPC) and is available upon request. This report 35,000 $70 describes the benchmark HW and QphH $68.51 SW configuration in detail, provides 30,000 $60 costs, and lists the code actually $/QphH used to perform the test. Similar #1 22,967 25,000 $50 reports from other vendors are the 16P source of the price/performance comparisons provided above. 20,000 $40 17,060 Summaries of all tests are published each month by the TPC and on the 15,000 $30 $27.00 TPC Web site. With these $25.48 benchmarks, customers can 10,000 $20 objectively compare the performance of different vendors' 5,000 $10 servers in specific areas.T 0 $0 HP Integrity rx8640 16p/32cBull NovaScale 5160 16p/16cNEC Express5800 1320Xe 32p/32c

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PERFORMANCE BRIEF

Table 1. Configurations of Integrity rx8640 Server competitors HP Integrity rx8640 Server. 33,488.1 QphH@1TB, $27.00/QphH@1TB. Available October 1, 2006. 16 processors/32 cores/64 threads. Dualcore Intel Itanium 2 1.6 GHz processor. 24 MB cache. 128 GB RAM. Microsoft Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition for Itaniumbased Systems SP1.

Bull NovaScale 5160. 17,060 QphH@1TB, $25.48/QphH@1TB. Available May 8, 2006. 16 processors/16 cores/16 threads. Intel Itanium 2 1.6 GHz processor. 6 MB L3 cache, 64 GB RAM. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition 64bit. The Integrity rx8640 Server is almost twice as fast!

NEC Express5800/1320Xe .22,967 QphH@1TB, $68.51/QphH@1TB. Available December 7, 2005. 32 processors/32 cores/32 threads. Intel Itanium 2 1.6 GHz processor. 9 MB L3 cache. 128 GB RAM. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition 64bit and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition 64bit. The Integrity rx8640 Server is 45% faster at 60% less cost!

For more information, please refer to HP Integrity rx8640 Server at:http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/cache/34016800225121.html TPCH results valid as of July 24, 2006. Complete results can be found atwww.tpc.orgT © 2006 HewlettPackard Company. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

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