HP Leadership Performance Brief

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HP Leadership Performance Brief

The ProLiant* DL980 G7 server continues to be the number one performance leader on the two-tier SAP* Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with the latest Microsoft SQL Server eight-processor Windows performance result

Summary

The HP ProLiant* DL980 G7 server with the HP PREMA* Architecture- earned the #1 performance with its eight-processor Windows*, with Microsoft SQL Server 2008*, result on the two-tier SAP* Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark. Along with its leadership performance, the ProLiant* DL980 G7 with the HP PREMA* Architecture offers almost linear balanced scalability for Microsoft SQL Server from four processors to eight processors at 1.8X performance gain. The server achieved a superior performance result of 24,910 SAP SD benchmark users and 136,070 SAPS with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0, besting eight-processor competitors, including Fujitsu. (See Figure 1 and Appendix A for minimum data comparison.)

Key Takeaways
• HP ProLiant* DL980 G7 achieved the #1 eight-processor Windows, with Microsoft SQL Server 2008, result on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark
• HP PREMA Architecture enabled balanced scaling with 1.8X performance gained when scaling the number of SAPS from four processors to eight processors (See Figure 2 and Appendix A for minimum data comparison)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on the ProLiant* DL980 G7 E7-4870 performed with 1.3X performance gained when comparing to the ProLiant* DL980 based on Intel® Xeon® 7500 Series processors (See Figure 3 and Appendix A for minimum data comparison)
• The HP ProLiant* DL980 G7 achieved more SAP SD benchmark users than eight-processor Windows, with SQL Server 2008, competitor Fujitsu

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