REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 5, 2012) - Oracle (NASDAQ: [ ORCL ])

News Facts

• Oracle today announced that [ Oracle Database 11g Release 2 ] and [ Oracle Real Application Clusters ] set a new world record on the SAP® for Utilities standard application benchmark (1).
• This record-breaking result demonstrates Oracle's continued commitment to helping its customers get the best performance and scalability from their SAP applications.

Benchmark Details

• The SAP for Utilities standard application benchmark simulates typical processes in a utilities company. The throughput of the benchmark for SAP for Utilities solutions is measured in utilities reference customers (URCs) per hour. A URC is the specific representation of a typical customer of a utility company in the utilities data model. In terms of this data model, a URC consists of one business partner with one contract account and one contract.
• [ Oracle Database 11g Release 2 ] with Oracle Real Application Clusters running on a 2-node Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S6 with Linux, each node with two Six-Core Intel® Xeon® processors X5690 3.46GHz processors, delivered a record result of 590,035 URCs per hour -- the highest score ever posted on the SAP for Utilities standard application benchmark.
• When measured in a one-node and a two-node configuration, Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters demonstrated near perfect scalability of 1.98 by delivering 298,644 (2) and 590,035 URCs per hour respectively, while demonstrating outstanding performance and high availability.

Supporting Quote

• "This benchmark further demonstrates the performance and scalability benefits of Oracle Database 11g and Real Application Clusters running SAP applications," said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle. "Oracle continues to innovate to help meet customers' business requirements, maximize resource utilization and reduce IT costs."

Supporting Resources

• [ Oracle Database ]
• [ Oracle Real Application Clusters ]
• [ Oracle Benchmarks ]
• [ SAP Standard Application Benchmarks ]
• [ Advanced Metering Infrastructure Paper ]
• [ Oracle For SAP Technology Update ]
• [ Oracle Advanced Compression ]

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Results as of May 11, 2012. For more information visit: SAP, [ http://www.sap.com/benchmark ]

1) The SAP for Utilities standard application benchmark performed on May 11, 2012 by Fujitsu and Oracle in Walldorf, Germany, has been certified with the following data: 2-node Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6, each with two six-Core Intel Xeon X5690 processors, 3.46 GHz running Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux achieved 590,035 fully business processed assembly orders per hour. Certification number 2012024.

2) The SAP for Utilities standard application benchmark performed on May 11, 2012 by Fujitsu and Oracle in Walldorf, Germany, has been certified with the following data: single-node Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6, with two six-Core Intel Xeon X5690 processors, 3.46 GHz running Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux achieved 298,644 fully business processed assembly orders per hour. Certification number: 2012025.