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New IBM eServer Zooms to Internet Speed Record; pSeries 680 with
Silicon-on-Insulator Chips is World's Fastest Web Server.
Business and Technology Editors
SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)
IBM today announced that its new IBM eServer(1) pSeries 680, powered by
Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) microprocessors, has shattered the world's record for
Internet speed performance. In independent testing on the SPECweb99 benchmark, a
12-way pSeries 680 outperformed Compaq and Hewlett-Packard to become the fastest
Web server ever.
The pSeries 680 12-way system running Zeus 3.3.6 Web server software
supported 7,288 simultaneous connections, delivering performance over four times
faster than Compaq and Hewlett-Packard UNIX systems. Designed to replicate
real-world Web server performance, SPECweb99 simulates a server that supports
multiple Web home pages with rotating advertisements, customized page creation,
user registration and other dynamic operations.
"Serious e-businesses require affordable high-performance servers that
don't run out of gas when Web growth accelerates," said Mike Kerr, vice
president, IBM Web Servers. "The IBM eServer p680 delivers unprecedented
speed for conducting business on the Web and can rapidly scale with the growth
of a customer's business. It is the ultimate Web Server for the next generation
of the Internet."
The pSeries 680 draws its considerable strength from copper-based
microprocessors featuring Silicon-on-Insulator technology. SOI pushes chip
performance at least a year ahead of the competition by using silicon technology
to boost processor speed up to 30 percent over conventional bulk silicon
technology.
For more information on the SPECweb99 benchmark, visit
http://www.spec.org/osg/web99/results/.
For more information about Zeus, visit http://www.zeus.com.
About the IBM eServer pSeries 680
The IBM eServer p680 is IBM's most powerful UNIX symmetric multiprocessor
system. It excels at many diverse e-business applications, including Web serving
and hosting, mission-critical Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain
Management, transaction processing and Business Intelligence. The p680 builds on
the award-winning design of its companion, the IBM RS/6000 (R) Model S80,
increasing the clock speed to 600 MHz and memory to 96GB. The server is powered
by advanced IBM Silicon-on-Insulator microprocessors and is available with new
features including Capacity Upgrade on Demand to enable businesses to cost
effectively keep pace with rapid growth. For more information about IBM
eServers, visit http://www.ibm.com/eserver.
IBM, e-business logo, RS/6000, pSeries, and AIX are trademarks or registered
trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other company,
product or service names mentioned herein may be trademarks or service marks of
others.
(1) The IBM eServer brand consists of the established IBM e-business
logo with the descriptive term "server" following it.
UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries,
licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. .
COPYRIGHT 2000 Business Wire
COPYRIGHT 2000 Gale Group
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