Benchmark Hardware

What’s All This Benchmark Stuff, Anyway?

by R. Krause ... first place. To help you combat BMS (Benchmark Misapplication Syndrome), here are some questions you can ask of hardware vendors: ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2002/06/research_notes/TU_HW_RAK_06_10_02_1.asp - 36k Summary: Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter?

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IBM’s DB2 Tops TPC Benchmark List

by R. Krause ... DB2 Tops TPC Benchmark List R. Krause - July 26, 2000 Event Summary. ... From a hardware standpoint, IBM's Netfinity can claim the TPC-C crown by a stunning margin. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/07/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_07_26_00_1.asp - 8k Summary: Leapfrogging the rest of the transaction-processing world, IBM has posted TPC-C results more than tripling the highest current transaction-per-minute figure.

IBM Continues RS/6000 Performance Focus

by R. Krause ... M80 also outperformed Sun Microsystems offerings on the SPECsfs97 .v2 benchmark, becoming the ... Although IBM has a compelling hardware story, their Unix story (ie ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/06/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_06_21_00_1.asp - 10k Summary: IBM has just released benchmark results for its mid-range Unix server, the RS/6000 M80, showing it to be a top performer in transaction processing and Web serving.

IBM Aims Renamed UNIX Server at Sun

by R. Krause ... is exemplified by their publishing a wide range of performance benchmark data (see Table ... High performance; IBM's hardware reliability; IBM's breadth of products. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/11/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_11_02_00_1.asp - 12k Summary: In the latest phase of its campaign to unseat Sun as the dominant Internet server brand, IBM has released a slew of performance benchmarks for its 'eServer pSeries' UNIX server.

IBM Taking on Sun in Web Infrastructure?

by R. Krause ... On the hardware side, IBM has made a point of going after Sun, especially in ... off of Sun's E10000 "Starfire" performance on the TPC-C benchmark, especially when ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/05/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_05_19_00_1.asp - 9k Summary: IBM has decided to take on Sun in the Internet infrastructure arena. What do they bring to the table? And who will win the war of words?

Hewlett-Packard’s NetServer Division – #3 to Get Ready, or #4 ...

by R. Krause ... the two or three companies which can supply computing hardware and software ... A typical example is the transaction-processing benchmark of $/tpmC - HP's previous ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/03/research_notes/VN_HW_RAK_03_00_1.asp - 25k Summary: Hewlett-Packard is one of the leading computer companies in the world, but they have fallen to fourth place in the Intel-based server market. Will they move back to being a key player, or remain an also-ran?

A Tectonic Shift in Communications Customer Life Cycle Management

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... To that end, the ICM Benchmark Service will facilitate creation of an ICM ... existing operations in areas such as bill cycle time, hardware performance, error ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2005/08/research_notes/VN_CR_PJ_08_04_05_1.asp - 18k Summary: Amdocs recently announced a complete revamp of its marketing philosophy and its offering to its customers, which it believes to be the most important shift since the company's initial public offering in 1998.

VA Linux Releases NAS Server

by R. Krause ... VA Linux has no published benchmark data, so performance may be an issue. For those with more money, the Network Appliance NetFiler840 ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/09/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_09_26_00_1.asp - 7k Summary: Trying to break into the growing Network-Attached Storage market, Linux-based hardware manufacturer VA Linux has announced the release of its 9205 NAS storage server appliance.

Compaq’s 'Photon' Comes into the Light

by R. Krause ... We would like to see SPECweb99 or similar benchmark results. ... The hardware plus the software available (load balancing, light-out operation and control, systems ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/06/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_06_23_00_2.asp - 9k Summary: After much anticipation, Compaq’s version of a 1U-high (one 'rack unit') server is finally ready to ship.