Sequent Appendix Systems Specifications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Models s2000/250 s2000/450 s2000/750 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU 80486 80486 80486 Clock speed (MHz) 50 50 50 MIPS 41 per CPU 41 per CPU 41 per CPU No. of processors 2 - 6 2 - 10 2 - 30 (2 CPU per processor board) Cache 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB Memory in MB (min/max) 16/320 16/512 16/960 Disk (min/max) 316 MB/76 GB 540 MB/130 GB 540 MB/260 GB # slots 5 VME 8 VME 8 VME 6 Sequent bus 12 Sequent bus 26 Sequent bus Base config price $53,500 $152,000 $226,000 includes: 2 cpu 2 cpu 2 cpu 16 MB memory 64 MB 64 MB 16 MB disk 2.7 GB 2.7 GB 16 user OS 16 user OS 16 user OS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Models s2000/40 s2000/200 s2000/400 s2000/700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU 80486 80486 80486 80486 Clock speed 33 25 25 25 (MHz) MIPS 20 14 per CPU 14 per CPU 14 per CPU # processors 1 2 - 6 2 - 10 2 - 30 (2 CPU per processor board) Cache 8 KB 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB Memory in MB 8/64 16/320 16/416 16/816 (min/max) Disk 2.5 GB 15 GB 24.8 GB 86.8 GB # slots 8 ISA bus 5 VME 7 Multibus 12 Multibus 6 Sequent 12 Sequent 26 Sequent bus bus bus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Price/Performance Comparisons The following audited benchmarks have been published by Sequent: TPC-A benchmark: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Model Database Total Cost tps-A $/tps-A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symmetry 2000/700 (12 cpu) Informix 4.0 $2,868,018 129.19 $22,000 Symmetry 2000/200 (4 cpu) Informix 4.0 746,920 49.96 14,950 Symmetry 2000/700 (16 cpu) Oracle V6.0.33 3,831,032 166.20 23,051 Symmetry 2000/750 (16 cpu) Oracle V6.0.33 3,970,280 214.53 18,507 Symmetry 2000/700 (8 cpu) Sybase SMP 2,476,493 168.91 14,662 Symmetry 2000/750 (26 cpu) Oracle 7 6,806,270 618.39 11,006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Compare these to HP's published benchmarks for TPC-A (as of October 1992): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Model Database Total Cost tps-A $/tps-A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9000/807 Informix 4.0 $422,217 30.40 $13,889 9000/817 Informix 4.0 606,509 51.2 11,846 9000/827 Informix 4.0 645,274 51.8 12,457 9000/837 Informix 4.0 769,369 60.0 12,823 9000/847 Informix 4.0 788,315 60.1 16,473 9000/857 Informix 4.0 990,037 60.1 16,473 9000/867 Informix 4.0 1,156,431 74.9 15,440 9000/877 Informix 4.0 1,184,886 74.9 15,820 9000/897 Oracle 7 -- 184.5 10,377 9000/890 Oracle 7 6,708,041 578.0 11,606 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The recently introduced 9000/890 systems provide a growth path at the high-end. Their transaction per second host-based performance estimates are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Model tps ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9000/890 1 160 9000/890 2 270 9000/890 3 400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Selling Against the Competition Competitive Binder, 5091-6465E, 9301 Associated files: seqapx.doc Sequent Appendix