Unisys tests 64-bit Windows System on SAP
ENT News | at | by Mike
Unisys used 64-bit Itanium 2 processors and a 16-processor server to push the performance envelope of Windows-based systems on SAP's Sales and Distribution benchmark by 250 percent, the company announced this week. When compared against larger Unix/RISC systems, however, the result ranks 10th overall and is 17 percent as scalable as the best result.
The benchmark involved is the two-tier SAP SD benchmark, which is controlled by the ERP giant SAP. It is widely used as a proving ground for different hardware and software vendors. A major limitation is that unlike the Transaction Processing Performance Council benchmarks, the SAP benchmark doesn't show system costs.