Sun Fire X4270 Server Two-tier SAP-SD ERP 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 (Unicode) Standard
Wednesday Apr 15, 2009
World Record 2-processor performance result on Two-tier SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 (Unicode) Standard Sales and Distribution (SD) Benchmark
World Record 2-processor performance result on the two-tier SAP ERP 6.0 enhancement pack 4 (unicode) standard sales and distribution (SD) benchmark as of March 30th, 2009.
The Sun Fire X4270 server with two Intel Xeon X5570 processors (8 cores, 16 threads) achieved 3,700 SAP SD Benchmark users running SAP ERP application release 6.0 enhancement pack 4 benchmark with unicode software, using Oracle 10g database and Solaris 10 OS.
This benchmark result highlights the optimal performance of SAP ERP on Sun Fire servers running the Solaris OS and the seamless multilingual support available for systems running SAP applications.
The Sun Fire X4270 server beats both 2-processor HP ProLiant DL380 G6 and HP ProLiant BL460c G6 by 12% even though all three systems use the same processors and memory.
In January 2009, a new version, the Two-tier SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 (Unicode) Standard Sales and Distribution (SD) Benchmark, was released. This new release has higher cpu requirements and so yields from 25-50% fewer users compared to the previous Two-tier SAP ERP 6.0 (non-unicode) Standard Sales and Distribution (SD) Benchmark.
The IBM System x3650 result was done with the older SAP ERP 6.0 (non-unicode) version. (why didn't they move to the new version like Sun did?) IBM has not published a benchmark using the new SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 (Unicode) Standard Sales and Distribution (SD) Benchmark. Trying comparing IBM's non-unicode result to HP ProLiant DL380 G6 non-unicode result on similar hardware to their new result...
SAP-SD 2-Tier Performance Table (in decreasing performance order).
SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 (Unicode) Results
(New version of the benchmark as of January 2009)
| System | OS Database |
Users | SAP ERP/ECC Release |
SAPS | SAPS/ Proc |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEC Express 5800 8xIntel Xeon X7460 @2.66GHz 256 GB |
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition SQL Server 2008 |
4,485 | 2009 6.0 EP4 (Unicode) |
25,280 | 12,640 | 09-Feb-09 |
| Sun Fire X4270 2xIntel Xeon X5570 @2.93GHz 48 GB |
Solaris 10 Oracle 10g |
3,700 | 2009 6.0 EP4 (Unicode) |
20,300 | 10,150 | 30-Mar-09 |
| HP ProLiant BL380 G6 2xIntel Xeon X5570 @2.93GHz 48 GB |
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SQL Server 2008 |
3,310 | 2009 6.0 EP4 (Unicode) |
18,070 | 9,035 | 27-Mar-09 |
| HP ProLiant DL380 G6 2xIntel Xeon X5570 @2.93GHz 48 GB |
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SQL Server 2008 |
3,300 | 2009 6.0 EP4 (Unicode) |
18,030 | 9,015 | 27-Mar-09 |
SAP ERP 6.0 (non-unicode) Results
(Old version of the benchmark retired at the end of 2008)
| System | OS Database |
Users | SAP ERP/ECC Release |
SAPS | SAPS/ Proc |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM System x3650 2xIntel Xeon X5570 @2.93GHz 48 GB |
Windows Server 2003 EE DB2 9.5 |
5,100 | 2005 6.0 |
25,530 | 12,765 | 19-Dec-08 |
| HP ProLiant DL380 G6 2xIntel Xeon X5570 @2.93GHz 48 GB |
Windows Server 2003 EE SQL Server 2005 |
4,995 | 2005 6.0 |
25,000 | 12,500 | 15-Dec-08 |
Complete benchmark results may be found at the SAP benchmark website http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
Benchmark Description
The SAP Standard Application SD (Sales and Distribution) Benchmark is a two-tier ERP business test that is indicative of full business workloads of complete order processing and invoice processing, and demonstrates the ability to run both the application and database software on a single system. The SAP Standard Application SD Benchmark represents the critical tasks performed in real-world ERP business environments.
SAP is one of the premier world-wide ERP application providers, and maintains a suite of benchmark tests to demonstrate the performance of competitive systems on the various SAP products.
Disclosure Statement:
Two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard SAP ERP 6.0 2005/EP4 (Unicode) application benchmark as of 03/30/09: Sun Fire X4270 (2 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) 3,700 SAP SD Users, 2x 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon x5570, 48 GB memory, Oracle 10g, Solaris 10, Cert# 2009005. HP ProLiant BL380 G6 (2 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) 3,310 SAP SD Users, 2x 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon x5570, 48 GB memory, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, Cert# 2009003. HP ProLiant DL380 G6 (2 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) 3,300 SAP SD Users, 2x 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon x5570, 48 GB memory, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, Cert# 2009004. IBM System x3650 M2 (2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 Threads) 5,100 SAP SD users,2x 2.93 Ghz Intel Xeon X5570, DB2 9.5, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Cert# 2008079. HP ProLiant DL380 G6 (2 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) 4,995 SAP SD Users, 2x 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon x5570, 48 GB memory, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Cert# 2008071.
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Results approved and published by SAP.
| Certified Results | |||
| Performance: | 3700 benchmark users | ||
| Server: | Sun Fire X4270 | ||
| Processors: | 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon Processor X5570, 2 processors / 8 cores / 16 threads | ||
| Memory: | 48 GB | ||
| Operating system: | Solaris 10 | ||
| Database S/W: | Oracle 10g | ||
| SAP software: | SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 (Unicode) | ||
| SAP Certification: | 2009005 | ||
| Storage: | 3 x STK2540, 3 x STK2501 each with 12 x 146GB/15KRPM disks | ||
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