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Oracle today announced a new world record TPC-H performance benchmark result for Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters, demonstrating scale-out and price performance leadership using Oracle clustering technology on HP Linux servers. Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters ran on a 12-node HP ProLiant DL585 server cluster, each with four AMD Opteron 2.2 GHz processors interconnected with InfiniCon System's InfiniBand-based InfinIO 3016 switch and host software, and running Red Hat's Enterprise Linux AS 3 operating system. The system delivered world record performance of 35,141 QphH@1000GB, with a price-to-performance ratio of $60/QphH@1000GB, with the Transaction Processing Council's TPC-H decision support benchmark. "This benchmark result shows that Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux provide superior decision support performance and scalability on clusters of industry-standard servers," said Richard Sarwal, vice president of Server Performance, Oracle Corp. "Oracle continues to offer customers higher availability, scalability and manageability for their applications and data." "These results clearly erase any doubt about the scalability and efficiency of Linux clusters in today's compute-intensive environments," said Efrain Rovira, director of marketing for Linux, HP. "The industry-standard HP ProLiant DL585 server allows HP to provide our high-performance computing customers with the best price-to-performance ratio in the industry." "Partnering closely with Oracle and HP, we have built a powerful and scalable computing system based on our high performance, low cost, standards- based InfiniBand solution," said Russ Hawkins, CEO, InfiniCon Systems. "This is another important indicator of our ability to deliver high-performance computing clusters for the enterprise data center far ahead of the competition." Oracle has an extensive track record of delivering world record performance and scalability. With Oracle Database 10g, the company continues to provide customers with industry-leading capabilities that support their demanding data warehousing and transaction processing requirements.