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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Turbolinux(R) Inc., a worldwide leader in Linux operating environments and multi-platform software deployment and management products, announced today that the combination of IBM DB2 database software and Turbolinux 7 Server now holds the world-record for performance in the industry-standard decision support benchmark test TPC-H (100GB). The 100GB TPC-H benchmark was performed on a four-node IBM eServer xSeries 350. Each xSeries 350 server node was configured with four Intel(R) 900MHz Pentium(R) III Xeon (TM) processors and 4GB of memory, and ran with IBM DB2 Universal Database version 7.2 and Turbolinux 7 Server. The system achieved a Composite Query-per-Hour Performance Metric of 2960.6 QphH@100GB and a price/performance metric of $337/QphH@100GB with an availability date of June 20, 2002. These results indicate IBM's DB2 version 7.2 running on Turbolinux 7 Server is 74 percent faster than the best Windows-based result and outperforms all other platforms at the 100GB scale factor. TPC-H measures the performance of decision support systems to examine large volumes of data, execute queries with a high degree of complexity, and give answers to critical business questions. The test is a standard benchmark defined by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), an industry group whose members include most of the largest computer system and database companies worldwide. "One of the reasons our customers and partners like IBM select TL7 Server is due to the performance and reliability that we build into each release," said Ly-Huong Pham, CEO, Turbolinux. "Working jointly with IBM on this performance benchmark is just another example of how our two companies have joined forces to make Linux successful in the enterprise." Linux has been growing rapidly within the enterprise because of its cost-effectiveness and exceptional flexibility. In addition, both reliability and high-performance are necessary for applications such as CRM and ERP to run smoothly. Turbolinux continues to focus on providing a Linux operating system for high-performance and scalability with enterprise-class stability and reliability. The TPC-H benchmark proves that Turbolinux 7 Server is an effective Linux solution for IBM's DB2 database, and positions this combination of technology as the most advanced, reliable, and highest-performing database solution. Comprehensive results can be found on the TPC Web site at www.tpc.org/tpch/results/h-ttperf.idc