Building a foundation for Microsoft. As recent TPC benchmarks prove, Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server solutions running on the Compaq ProLiant platforms offer greater absolute performance at one-fifth the price of systems from Oracle and Sun. The benchmarks were run on a cluster environment of Compaq ProLiant 8500 servers using the Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system and Microsoft SQL Server in a distributed, partitioned database. Together, we hold 4 out of the top 5 places on the top 10 TPC-C performance list, and we outperformed Oracle database solutions running on a SUN platform. What's more, the .NET Enterprise Server also gives organizations more choice in how they want to build a large application environment or Web site.
Companies can scale up and build their Web site with a small number of large severs in place.
The most scalable and cost-effective Web sites in the world use a combination of scale up and scale out. Compaq's family of server products provides the reliable platform for achieving either strategy. Compaq is truly the enterprise enabler. We have the experience and expertise to take the .NET platform enterprise-wide. We continue to work closely with Microsoft, as it introduces new technologies and products.