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  1. Sequent Appendix
  2.  
  3. Systems Specifications
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  5. Models                  s2000/250     s2000/450        s2000/750
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  7. CPU                     80486         80486            80486
  8.  
  9. Clock speed (MHz)                     50               50   50
  10. MIPS                    41 per CPU    41 per CPU       41 per CPU
  11.  
  12. No. of processors       2 - 6         2 - 10           2 - 30
  13.  (2 CPU per processor board)
  14.  
  15. Cache                   512 KB        512 KB           512 KB
  16.  
  17. Memory in MB (min/max)  16/320        16/512           16/960
  18.  
  19. Disk (min/max)          316 MB/76 GB  540 MB/130 GB    540 MB/260 GB
  20.  
  21. # slots                 5 VME         8 VME            8 VME
  22.                         6 Sequent bus 12 Sequent bus   26 Sequent bus
  23.  
  24. Base config price       $53,500       $152,000         $226,000
  25.  includes:              2 cpu         2 cpu            2 cpu
  26.                         16 MB memory  64 MB            64 MB
  27.                         16 MB disk    2.7 GB           2.7 GB
  28.                         16 user OS    16 user OS       16 user OS
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  30.  
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  32. Models           s2000/40     s2000/200     s2000/400      s2000/700
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  34. CPU              80486        80486         80486          80486
  35.  
  36. Clock speed      33           25            25             25
  37.  (MHz)
  38.  
  39. MIPS             20           14 per CPU    14 per CPU     14 per CPU
  40.  
  41. # processors     1            2 - 6         2 - 10         2 - 30
  42. (2 CPU per
  43.  processor board)
  44.  
  45. Cache            8 KB         512 KB        512 KB         512 KB
  46.  
  47. Memory in MB     8/64         16/320        16/416         16/816
  48.  (min/max)
  49.  
  50. Disk             2.5 GB       15 GB         24.8 GB        86.8 GB
  51.  
  52. # slots          8 ISA bus    5 VME         7 Multibus     12 Multibus
  53.                               6 Sequent     12 Sequent     26 Sequent
  54.                               bus           bus            bus
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  56.  
  57. Price/Performance Comparisons
  58. The following audited benchmarks have been published by Sequent:
  59.  
  60. TPC-A benchmark:
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  62. Model                       Database        Total Cost   tps-A   $/tps-A
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  64. Symmetry 2000/700 (12 cpu)  Informix 4.0    $2,868,018   129.19  $22,000
  65. Symmetry 2000/200 (4 cpu)   Informix 4.0    746,920      49.96   14,950
  66. Symmetry 2000/700 (16 cpu)  Oracle V6.0.33  3,831,032    166.20  23,051
  67. Symmetry 2000/750 (16 cpu)  Oracle V6.0.33  3,970,280    214.53  18,507
  68. Symmetry 2000/700 (8 cpu)   Sybase SMP      2,476,493    168.91  14,662
  69. Symmetry 2000/750 (26 cpu)  Oracle 7        6,806,270    618.39  11,006
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  71.  
  72. Compare these to HP's published benchmarks for TPC-A (as of October
  73. 1992):
  74.  
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  76. Model               Database        Total Cost      tps-A        $/tps-A
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  78. 9000/807            Informix 4.0    $422,217        30.40        $13,889
  79. 9000/817            Informix 4.0     606,509        51.2         11,846
  80. 9000/827            Informix 4.0     645,274        51.8         12,457
  81. 9000/837            Informix 4.0     769,369        60.0         12,823
  82. 9000/847            Informix 4.0     788,315        60.1         16,473
  83. 9000/857            Informix 4.0     990,037        60.1         16,473
  84. 9000/867            Informix 4.0    1,156,431       74.9         15,440
  85. 9000/877            Informix 4.0    1,184,886       74.9         15,820
  86. 9000/897            Oracle 7        --              184.5        10,377
  87. 9000/890            Oracle 7        6,708,041       578.0        11,606
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  89.  
  90. The recently introduced 9000/890 systems provide a growth path at the
  91. high-end. Their transaction per second host-based performance estimates
  92. are as follows:
  93.  
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  95. Model             tps
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  97. 9000/890 1        160
  98. 9000/890 2        270
  99. 9000/890 3        400
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  101.  
  102. From Selling Against the Competition Competitive Binder, 5091-6465E,
  103.   9301
  104. Associated files:  seqapx.doc
  105. Sequent Appendix
  106.