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Compaq ProLiant Servers Achieve First-Ever 1 Billion Transactions-per-Day in TPC-C Validated Benchmark (Advisory)
HOUSTON, September 19, 2001
Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) today announced that
a 32-node cluster of market-leading Compaq ProLiant™
DL760 servers has achieved a new world-record performance
TPC-C benchmark result of 709,220.08 transactions per minute
(tpmC) at a cost of only $14.96 per tpmC. This result leads
the industry for price: performance in the Transaction Processing
Council Top Ten list of clustered TPC-C benchmarks (www.tpc.org).
This benchmark represents the equivalent of processing more
than 1 billion transactions per day, or in real-world terms,
more than triple the transactions handled daily, worldwide,
by a large consumer credit card payment processing system.
Providing Customers with Maximum Performance and Scalability
The benchmark was achieved on scale-out configuration of 32 ProLiant DL760
servers, each with eight 900MHz Intel® Pentium® III
Xeon™ processors, running Microsoft® Windows®
2000 Advanced Server and Microsoft SQL® Server 2000 Enterprise
Edition. This result underscores the enterprise-class performance,
scalability, and investment protection of ProLiant DL760 platforms,
and continues to demonstrate Compaq's commitment to providing
customers with the best IT infrastructure solutions required
to accelerate business velocity and deliver continuous operations.
For additional information, please visit the Compaq Web site
at http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/benchmarks/index.html.
Company Background
Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation ("Compaq") is a leading global provider of enterprise technology and solutions. Information on Compaq and its products and services is available at http://www.compaq.com.
Notes:
TPC-C is a trademark of the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC). See the TPC Web site at www.tpc.org for more information. Compaq ProLiant DL760-900, 709220 tpmC, 14.96 $/tpmC, available 10/15/01.
Compaq and the Compaq logo are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include: worsening global economic conditions, increased competitive environment and pricing pressures, disruptions related to restructuring actions and delays in the expansion of Compaq's solutions business model. Further information on these factors and other factors that could affect Compaq's financial results is included in Compaq's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including the latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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