In Oracle tests measuring the average response time of applications serving 3,000 concurrent online users, an SGI(R) Altix(R) 450 system outperformed the previous record holder by 70 percent(1). The new results reinforce how SGI Altix 450 can reliably scale to accommodate more users and workloads with low impact on performance. The results spotlight the high performance of SGI Altix 450 systems which, like SGI(R) Altix(R) 4700 servers and supercomputers, now are available with the new Dual-Core Intel(R) Itanium(R) processor 9100 series. With the latest Intel(R) Itanium(R) processors, SGI Altix servers achieve high performance from data-intensive applications, with efficient power consumption and high reliability. SGI, Altix, the SGI cube and the SGI logo are registered trademarks of SGI in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. In addition to latest test results, calculation includes previously announced Altix 450 results on OASB tests for 1,400 to 2,000 users. read more

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