Re: iSeries V5R1 Benchmarks - Wow -- MIDRANGE-L

Brad,

Integras?  Must be nice, some of us are still driving Fords!  (Although it
would take quite an Integra to smoke my '94 Taurus SHO - grin.)

Dave Shaw
Simpsonville, SC
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Cc: "'Dan Hayden'" <dlhayde@us.ibm.com>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 1:43 PM
Subject: RE: iSeries V5R1 Benchmarks - Wow


> Agreed.  That's like saying My Acura NSX will smoke your Porsche 911.  It
> will, but you're talking to folks who drive Integras.
>
> Brad
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Gibbs [mailto:dgibbs@mks.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 11:18 AM
> > To: 'Midrange Mailing List'
> > Cc: 'Dan Hayden'
> > Subject: RE: iSeries V5R1 Benchmarks - Wow
> >
> >
> > Well, that's all well and good... but I'd really like to see
> > a SINGLE or
> > DUAL processor iSeries system get ranked ... and ranked well.
> >
> > How many customers are really going to have a 24 way system?
> >
> > david
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dan Hayden [mailto:dlhayde@us.ibm.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 7:53 AM
> > > To: AS400
> > > Subject: iSeries V5R1 Benchmarks - Wow
> > >
> > >
> > > >From the performance guru in Rochester:
> > >
> > > Editorial:
> > > Well, the waiting is over, two key public Java server-side benchmark
> > > results are posted at the respective benchmark organization
> > web sites
> > > and/or the IBM performance press release has been posted to a
> > > public web
> > > site.  As I discussed in last month's newsletter the new Sun
> > > Microsystems
> > > SunFire Server performance claims have been thoroughly
> > > doused.  iSeries
> > > 24-way processor generated 132,332 transactions/second at a maximum
> > > response time of 0.18 seconds in the SPECjBB200 benchmark.  Clearly
> > > exceeding SunFire's 24-way results of only 109,146 trans/sec
> > > with maximum
> > > response times of up to 2.8 seconds.  See the details for
> > yourself by
> > > reviewing the detail vendor reports at the SPEC
> > Organization web site.
> > > http://www.spec.org  or http://www.ideasinternational.com
> > >
> > > Additionally, iSeries released new VolanoMark results
> > > (132,322 ops/second)
> > > demonstrating shared leadership (with pSeries at 133,251
> > messages/sec)
> > > which far surpasse Sun's E6500 result of 25,131 msg/sec.
> > Sun has not
> > > published any new VolanoMark results with their new SunFire.
> > > When coupled
> > > with new TRADE2 benchmark results (an IBM sponsored Java
> > and WebSphere
> > > driven brokerage application benchmark), iSeries showed a 48-65%
> > > improvement with V5R1.
> > > The Java performance picture becomes very clear that iSeries
> > > performs very
> > > well with Java and clearly outclasses Sun.
> > >
> > > The other exciting benchmark news is Domino NotesBench R5 benchmark
> > > results.  iSeries was the first to break the 10,000 mail
> > user barrier
> > > several years ago and is now the first to break the 100,000
> > mail user
> > > barrier.  iSeries continues to demonstrate it's industry
> > > leading position
> > > in this benchmark for the last 3 years, iSeries published a
> > > new 100,500 R5
> > > Mail User result on 4/26.  Even more interesting was that
> > > iSeries response
> > > times continue to improve and are now reported at 0.067
> > > seconds, which no
> > > other Domino platform has been able to match.
> > >
> > > IBM and JD Edwards have jointly announced a new record
> > > OneWorld Xe "high
> > > watermark" benchmark.  iSeries was able to support 6,020 users while
> > > delivering 1.16 second response times.  It clearly showed
> > > iSeries as the
> > > most scalable platform for OneWorld Xe by supporting over 2X
> > > more users
> > > than the nearest competitive platform and the application runs in a
> > > WebSphere Advance Edition 3.5 environment.  Additionally, the
> > > joint press
> > > release also discusses how Shell Canada was able to add users while
> > > reducing their costs.
> > >
> > > Finally, I would like to thank Intentia for sharing with me
> > > the results of
> > > their latest performance testing with V5R1 in the IBM
> > > Benchmark center.
> > > Later next week they plan on having a press release
> > documenting their
> > > Movex?NextGen results that have improved to over 1.16 million
> > > order lines
> > > per hour with V5R1.  Intentia applications are Java
> > > server-side driven by
> > > iSeries platforms.
> > >
> > > While some benchmark results may seem a little academic, the
> > > JD Edwards and
> > > Intentia performance measurements prove iSeries can deliver industry
> > > leading
> > > performance in real world applications being delivered by
> > IBM Business
> > > Partners.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > Dan Hayden
> > >       812
> > > 465-0587
> > > IBM iSeries400 Server Specialist                    812
> > 465-0504 (Fax)
> > > 25 NW Riverside Drive
> > > Evansville, IN  47708
> > >
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