Running AIX 5L 5.3 and SAP ERP 2005 on an IBM System p 570 with two dual-core 4.7 GHz POWER6 processors, Oracle® Database 10g Release 2 achieved 2,035 SAP SD Benchmark users, setting a world record performance result for a 4-core configuration.(1) Oracle Database 10g Release 2 also achieved a second world record benchmark result of 4,010 SAP SD Benchmark users, for an 8-core configuration on similar hardware.(2) Together these world record results demonstrate that Oracle Database 10g Release 2 delivers exceptional linear scaling as more cores are added to the configuration. Additionally, these results reinforce Oracle Database 10g's continued performance and scalability leadership, particularly for SAP applications and illustrate its outstanding performance on IBM hardware.

The two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark measures the system performance to process dialog steps and order line item postings per hour for SAP solution-based transactions. A transaction consists of a full business process that captures activities from the full order processing cycle from order creation to delivery to invoicing.

"These two record-breaking performance results demonstrate Oracle's commitment to providing an extremely fast and scalable database for customers' data-intensive demands when using applications such as those from SAP," said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle. "Regardless of system size, Oracle delivers stellar performance, bringing users exceptional scalability coupled with the flexibility needed to maximize their technology investments."

About SAP Standard Application Benchmarks
SAP Standard Application Benchmarks were developed by SAP AG to provide comparative load analysis of SAP solutions. For more details see http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

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As of May 21, 2007:

(1) The SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark performed on April 23, 2007 by IBM in Beaverton, OR, USA has been certified with the following data:

Number of benchmark users & comp.: 2,035 SD (Sales & Distribution); Average dialog response time: 1.99 seconds; Fully processed order line items/hour: 203,670; Dialog steps/hour: 611,000; SAPS: 10,180; Average database request time (dia/upd): 0.011 sec / 0.015 sec; CPU utilization of central server: 99%; Operating system, central server: AIX 5L 5.3; RDBMS: Oracle Database 10g; SAP Release: SAP ERP 2005

Certification number: 2007037

Configuration of central server: IBM System p 570, 2 processors / 4 cores / 8 threads, POWER6, 4.7 GHz, 128 KB L1 cache and 4 MB L2 cache per core, 32 MB L3 cache per processor, 32 GB main memory.

(2) The SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark performed on April 24, 2007 by IBM in Beaverton, OR, USA has been certified with the following data:

Number of benchmark users & comp.: 4,010 SD (Sales & Distribution); Average dialog response time: 1.96 seconds; Fully processed order line items/hour: 402,330; Dialog steps/hour: 1,207,000; SAPS: 20,120; Average database request time (dia/upd): 0.010 sec / 0.014 sec; CPU utilization of central server: 99%; Operating system, central server: AIX 5L 5.3; RDBMS: Oracle Database 10g; SAP Release: SAP ERP 2005

Certification number: 2007038

Configuration of central server: IBM System p 570 Model 9117-MMA, 4 processors / 8 cores / 16 threads, POWER6, 4.7 GHz, 128 KB L1 cache and 4 MB L2 cache per core, 32 MB L3 cache per processor, 64 GB main memory.