Unisys supports 5,000 concurrent Siebel 7.5 benchmark users on one server to demonstrate ES7000 simplified administration

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, Oct 13, 2003

In A Technology Industry First, a Single Unisys ES7000 Runs Both the Database and the Application, Combining Very High Performance with the Simplicity of a Consolidated Information Environment

Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) has announced that it broke new ground for users of Windows-based Siebel eBusiness Applications, supporting 5,000 concurrent users with the database and application running on a single Unisys Enterprise Server ES7000/540. Siebel Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEBL) is a leading provider of multichannel business applications software.

The benchmark demonstrates that organizations do not have to endure the complexities of managing sprawling farms of low-function commodity servers to power very large, global populations of concurrent Windows-based Siebel users. Instead, organizations can use one high-powered Unisys ES7000, simplifying the data center and saving on staff time, facilities space, servers, storage and software.

"Why invest in and manage scores or even hundreds of servers for large Siebel solutions if you don't have to?" asked Mike Thomas, vice president, Unisys Global Solution Partners. "Combining the database and application on one tier, while achieving outstanding performance, is a terrific deployment option open to Siebel users."

The test was performed under the auspices of the Siebel Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP). The Siebel PSPP simulates deployments across large global enterprises. The simulation includes employees, partners and customers using Siebel Call Center, Siebel Web Service, Siebel Partner Relationship Management (PRM) and Siebel Enterprise Application Integration applications.

The performance results were achieved running a single Unisys ES7000/540 server equipped with 28 Intel Xeon processors MP at 2.0 GHz with 2 MB L3 cache and 32 GB of memory. The server ran the Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server operating system and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition database with Siebel Field Service 7.5, Siebel Call Center 7.5, Siebel Sales 7.5, Siebel PRM 7.5, Siebel eSales 7.5, and Siebel eService 7.5 with a load of 5,000 concurrent users. Three Unisys ES3040 Web servers (four CPUs, 4 GB of memory) and two Unisys ES3040 servers (four CPUs, 4 GB of memory) ran Siebel concurrent web user load, plus the Siebel Server components: Assignment Manager, MSMQ, Workflow Manager and HTTP Adapter.

The Unisys ES7000 provides an array of computing capabilities required for enterprise-class performance, uninterrupted availability and simplified systems administration--capabilities that are well known to users of large-scale computers, but unprecedented in computing environments using Microsoft and Intel technology. Its mainframe design enables the Unisys ES7000 to match the performance of large-scale systems in enterprise-class business and other critical applications at a fraction of the price.

Unisys performed the benchmark at its development and test facilities in Mission Viejo, Calif., under the Siebel PSPP. The tests performed under this program have been certified by Siebel Systems and are based on real-world scenarios derived from more than 3,500 Siebel customer deployments, reflecting the most frequently used and most performance-intensive components of Siebel eBusiness Applications.

"Siebel Systems is committed to simplifying large installations for our customers and making it easier for them to make their global architectures conform to changing business processes," said Skip Bacon, vice president, technology, Siebel Systems. "Many Siebel customers will appreciate the increased flexibility and improved economy that a consolidated database and application server environment affords."

With Siebel 7, Siebel Systems introduced the Siebel Smart Web Architecture, the industry's first and only zero-footprint Web architecture that provides high levels of interactivity previously available only from Windows-based desktop applications. Siebel 7 and subsequent versions provide the highest levels of scalability in heterogeneous environments and support high-performance integrations via an application network, allowing organizations not only to integrate front-office and back-office systems, but also hundreds of other applications essential to any business.