Compaq 307560-001 Compaq ProLiant 2500 Server Technology - Page 17

201A/1196 TECHNOLOGY BRIEF (cont.) ... PRICE:PERFORMANCE OF THE PROLIANT 2500 SERVER The ProLiant 2500 includes a combination of architecture and hardware features that delivers a level of performance similar to that of the Compaq ProLiant 4500 Server at an affordable price for departmental and remote office servers. Recent test results discussed below confirm that the ProLiant 2500 outperforms other servers in its class. TPC-C Benchmark The Compaq ProLiant 2500 6/200 was recently performance tested using the TPC-C version 3.2 Benchmark test. The TPC-C Benchmark is an on-line transaction processing (OLTP) workload benchmark developed by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC). This benchmark test simulates the demanding operations processed in complex OLTP application environments. The test was performed using Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and SQL Server 6.5. The results were audited by an independent company. The ProLiant 2500 6/200 with dual processors delivered performance of 3594.47 tpmC at a cost of only $82.21-significantly higher performance than leading competitors have demonstrated in published TPC-C results to date and almost triple the performance of the Compaq ProLiant 1500 5/166 Server. For details of this TPC-C test, refer to the Compaq performance summary titled ProLiant 2500 TPC-C Performance. AIM Server Benchmark On October 9, 1996, at the UNIX EXPO Plus, AIM Technology announced the winners of its 1996 Hot Iron Awards for systems achieving the best performance while operating under Windows NT or under UNIX. The awards were based upon results of tests with the AIM Server Benchmark and AIM Subsystem Benchmark. The ProLiant 2500 6/200 with dual processors was recognized in the following categories for servers costing less than $25,000: Operating System Windows NT UNIX UNIX UNIX Category File Server MIX Multi-User Shared System MIX File Server MIX File Server MIX Award Best Throughput Performance Best Throughput Performance Best Throughput Performance Best Price:Performance Throughput SYSTEM MANAGEABILITY Typical departments and remote offices have limited personnel and budget for system and network administration. The decentralization of applications and the need to interconnect a growing number of users stretch administration resources and demand cost-effective server management and maintenance. The ProLiant 2500 includes a full complement of server management features: • Automatic Server Recovery (ASR-2) • Fan spin sense • Internal temperature sense • Performance monitoring 17