Provides Collateral for Sizing Recommendations Benchmark suites are simplified models that simulate the more complex activities of real customer production environments, and therefore caution should be used when applying benchmark results to answer specific sizing questions in a customer scenario. However the Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark enables system vendors to acquire experience and increase their expertise and understanding of the Oracle Applications product suite. Vendors can work with customers to compare the specific needs of their real application environment utilizing the benchmark model. With this information they can infer the appropriate sizing recommendations that will match the expected load requirements of their production environment. Workload mix is maintained constant when user count varies Platform-independent 30 Gigabyte database Audit Process and Publication of Results Metrics reported are user count and average response time.
Detailed information is provided on the hardware and software configuration used.
Benchmark results are validated through formal auditing process Disclosure reports of validated benchmark results are published on the Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark Web site. The Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark Council is made up of representatives from various hardware companies, Oracle Product Development and Oracle Product Line groups. Members have access to the latest marketing and technical information related to the Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark. The Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark Kit is available today certified with Oracle Applications Release 11 version 11.03. The standard benchmark is planned to be made available for all major releases of Oracle Applications.