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HP Sets World Records with New Dual-Core Integrity Servers
HP Integrity servers, running dual-core Intel Itanium 2 “Montecito” processors and the HP-UX 11i v2 operating environment, set world performance records in newly-published industry-standard TPC-C1 and TPC-H2 benchmarks. -- “We are excited to bring dual-core processing into HP Integrity servers and demonstrate commanding benchmark leadership out of the gate,” said Don Jenkins, vice president of marketing, Business Critical Servers, HP. 
“Powered by Itanium 2 technologies and running HP-UX 11i and Microsoft Windows Server 2003, HP Integrity servers are ready to rock the data center, helping customers extract maximum price/performance for their most demanding workloads,” said Jenkins. The new world record results are as follows: • The world's fastest 4-core TPC-C result. The HP Integrity rx6600 with two dual-core Itanium 2 processors, running HP-UX 11i v2, Oracle 10g, and HP StorageWorks arrays, now holds the record for four-core TPC-C performance -- across all operating systems and processor architectures. The result also demonstrates world-record four-core UNIX price/performance, with 33% better price/performance than IBM’s fastest four-core TPC-C result with the Power5 processor. • The world's fastest 16-core, one terabyte TPC-H result. The HP Integrity rx8640 with eight dual-core Itanium 2 processors, running HP-UX 11i v2, Oracle 10g, and HP StorageWorks arrays, now holds the record for 16-core TPC-H performance. The newly published rx8640 result demonstrates 33% better price/performance than the closest equivalent IBM Power5 published result.6 This published result also demonstrates better per-core performance than any other one terabyte TPC-H result using Oracle, and any other one terabyte TPC-H result using UNIX. It also shows the best price/performance of any one terabyte TPC-H result using Oracle, DB2 or Sybase databases. In addition to these just announced benchmarks, HP disclosed in July record benchmarks on HP Integrity servers, running dual-core Intel Itanium 2 “Montecito” processors and the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating environment. The Integrity rx6600 server with four dual-core Itanium 2 processors, running Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 holds the record for 8-core Windows TPC-C performance. The Integrity rx8640 server with sixteen dual-core Itanium 2 processors, running Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 holds the record for 16-core Itanium 2-based 1TB TPC-H performance.
“Powered by Itanium 2 technologies and running HP-UX 11i and Microsoft Windows Server 2003, HP Integrity servers are ready to rock the data center, helping customers extract maximum price/performance for their most demanding workloads,” said Jenkins. The new world record results are as follows: • The world's fastest 4-core TPC-C result. The HP Integrity rx6600 with two dual-core Itanium 2 processors, running HP-UX 11i v2, Oracle 10g, and HP StorageWorks arrays, now holds the record for four-core TPC-C performance -- across all operating systems and processor architectures. The result also demonstrates world-record four-core UNIX price/performance, with 33% better price/performance than IBM’s fastest four-core TPC-C result with the Power5 processor. • The world's fastest 16-core, one terabyte TPC-H result. The HP Integrity rx8640 with eight dual-core Itanium 2 processors, running HP-UX 11i v2, Oracle 10g, and HP StorageWorks arrays, now holds the record for 16-core TPC-H performance. The newly published rx8640 result demonstrates 33% better price/performance than the closest equivalent IBM Power5 published result.6 This published result also demonstrates better per-core performance than any other one terabyte TPC-H result using Oracle, and any other one terabyte TPC-H result using UNIX. It also shows the best price/performance of any one terabyte TPC-H result using Oracle, DB2 or Sybase databases. In addition to these just announced benchmarks, HP disclosed in July record benchmarks on HP Integrity servers, running dual-core Intel Itanium 2 “Montecito” processors and the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating environment. The Integrity rx6600 server with four dual-core Itanium 2 processors, running Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 holds the record for 8-core Windows TPC-C performance. The Integrity rx8640 server with sixteen dual-core Itanium 2 processors, running Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 holds the record for 16-core Itanium 2-based 1TB TPC-H performance.