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Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:57:25 PM
Especially for databases. That would really suck."
So true.
So very true.
That's why Microsoft has 64 bit SQL Server 64 running on Intel Itanium hardware.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/apr03/04-24WSLaunchBenchmarkPR.asp
Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 (64-Bit) Deliver World-Record-Breaking Performance
Microsoft, Intel and HP Partner to Deliver World-Record 658,277 tpmC Benchmark Result
SAN FRANCISCO -- April 24, 2003 -- Microsoft Corp., Intel and HP announced today the world's first single-system TPC-C* benchmark result to surpass the 600,000 tpmC mark. This record-breaking performance benchmark of 658,277 represents enterprise transaction order handling performance that surpasses all competing platform results and sets a new standard for price/performance on 64-processor systems of $9.80/tpmC.** Today's announcement with Windows Server (TM) 2003 and SQL Server (TM) 2000 (64-bit) represents the crowning achievement of years in research and engineering to develop a high-performance server platform that delivers the highest tpmC performance in the world. Continued performance leadership, across all workloads, provides customers of every size with exceptional price/performance at a lower total cost of ownership than proprietary systems. Performance increases across a wide variety of workloads are evidenced in recent public benchmark results, including the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C and TPC-H, placing Windows Server 2003 with SQL Server 2000 (64-bit) in the top 10 of the leading industry benchmarks, consistently ranking them at the top for price/performance.
About Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 is a comprehensive, integrated and secure infrastructure designed to help customers reduce costs and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of IT operations. Building on Windows® 2000 family strengths, the new server platform helps customers extend existing resources while laying the foundation for building a new generation of connected applications that improve business productivity. Windows Server 2003 is the foundation for the Microsoft® Windows Server System (TM) , an integrated server infrastructure for building, deploying and operating agile business solutions.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software -- any time, any place and on any device.
* TPC-C is one of the Transaction Processing Performance Council's benchmarks for measuring computer system performance. Performance is evaluated based on a model of online transaction processing. Benchmark results are expressed in terms of how many new-order transactions are performed per minute (tpmC).
** HP Superdome with 64 Intel Itanium 2 6M 1.5GHz Processors (code-named "Madison"), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) 658,277 tpmC, $9.80/tpmC, available Oct. 23, 2003. Source: http://www.tpc.org/.
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