IBM, DB2 sets top TPC-C record with POWER5 running Linux

Enterprise Networks & Servers, Sep 2005

An IBM POWERS processor-based eServer p5 570, running Linux has set a new world record for online transaction processing performance for four-processor servers of 197,669 transactions per minute (tpmC) according to TPC. Until today, no Linux based server from IBM had claimed a top TPC-C mark.

On the industry leading TPC-C benchmark test, the IBM eServer p5 570 running DB2 UDB 8.2 on Linux and IBM FAStT TotalStorage turned in the best four-processor server result ever by topping the best performance of the HP Integrity server and Linux running Oracle 10g by 23 percent and outperforming by 51 percent the HP ProLiant system running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

To set the new TPC-C record, IBM leveraged the combined power of its POWER5 processor-based server - the eServer p5 570 - and Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 running IBMs DB2 Universal Database. The IBM system also set a new world record for best four-processor Linux price/performance at $3.93/tpmC.

The TPC-C benchmark is an industry standard for measuring the ability of a server to process complex queries and large volumes of business data. The new IBM system achieved 197,669 transactions per minute (tpmC) at $3.93 per transaction ($/tpmC). The performance results easily beat any other comparable server and operating system combination currently posting results with TPC.