Novell Sets New Performance Records with SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time
December 09 2008 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Novell today announced that in independent tests performed by the
Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC�), SUSE� Linux
Enterprise Real Time delivered the lowest mean and maximum
latencies ever recorded at high rates with the Reuters Market Data
System (RMDS), as well as the highest RMDS throughput for a
two-socket server. These impressive results for Novell were
significantly better than similar benchmark tests performed by STAC
on other Linux* and UNIX* operating systems. Novell was able to
achieve simultaneously high throughput rates and extremely low
latencies because of close collaboration with its technology
partners � HP, Intel� and Voltaire. Customers using the solution
from Novell and its partners which produced these record-breaking
results will be able to compete more effectively in their markets.
�Market data latency and throughput have a huge impact on the
overall speed with which a trading firm can execute a transaction
in response to new information,� said Jack Gidding, associate
director of STAC. �In some markets, firms can profit from as little
as one millisecond of advantage over competitors, which drives them
to find new technologies that can reduce sub-millisecond latencies
from the systems fueling their trades.� In its newly-released
report, �RMDS 6.3 with Novell� SUSE Linux Enterprise Real-Time on
HP c-Class Blades, Intel Xeon� processors, and Voltaire
InfiniBand,� STAC measured the performance of a market data stack
based on the Reuters Market Data System when running on SUSE Linux
Enterprise Real Time and compared it to the same stack using a
general purpose operating system and gigabit Ethernet technologies.
�Novell's mission is to make IT work as one, ensuring our customers
are able to leverage their many technology investments effectively
and efficiently in support of their business objectives,� said
Roger Levy, senior vice president and general manager of Open
Platform Solutions at Novell. �Working closely with our technology
partners, we are providing customers with innovative, high
performance solutions based on open source and open systems �
solutions which perform better than more costly and proprietary
alternatives.� SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time offers impressive
throughput and latency results According to the independent tests
performed by STAC, SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time delivered 10.1
million updates per second, the highest throughput ever recorded on
their standard benchmark test for a two-socket Linux or UNIX system
configuration � more than 670 percent higher than an alternative
solution using a general purpose operating system and gigabit
Ethernet technologies. In the same tests, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Real Time achieved the lowest mean RMDS latencies recorded to date
by STAC on Linux or UNIX systems at nearly all throughput rates, as
well as the lowest maximum RMDS latencies at rates above 200,000
updates per second. SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time was able to
maintain under 0.67 milliseconds of mean latency at rates of up to
750,000 updates per second and maximum latencies never exceeded
3.01 milliseconds at up to these same update rates. The tests were
conducted using the latest HP* blade servers and Intel Quad-Core
Xeon processors, along with Voltaire InfiniBand hardware and
Voltaire Messaging Accelerator (VMA) software. The specific
solution independently tested by STAC is available for customers to
purchase and implement today, and is fully supported by Novell and
its partners. �Financial services industry customers want
technology infrastructure solutions that save money while
delivering unparalleled performance and functionality,� said Mark
Potter, vice president and general manager, BladeSystem, HP. �The
combination of industry-leading HP BladeSystem servers with the
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time operating system provides them a
cost-effective, energy-efficient and industry-standard computing
platform. This platform delivers performance levels formerly found
only on costly, proprietary systems.� Nigel Woodward, global
director for financial services at Intel, said, �Capital markets
customers demand low-latency, high-performance solutions for their
market data needs. We believe that platforms based upon Intel Xeon
5400 series processors, coupled with SUSE Linux Enterprise Real
Time, combine the power of low-latency computing and an open
architecture to enable the type of performance expected by capital
markets customers around the world.� Asaf Somekh, vice president of
strategic alliances at Voltaire (NASDAQ: VOLT), said, �The results
of this STAC Report simply underscore what we've known all along �
that together, Novell and Voltaire can deliver new value to mutual
customers by providing a combined solution that increases
transaction rates, lowers latency and improves CPU utilization. The
inclusion of Voltaire's VMA software enhances predictability for
the solution which is critical for market data implementations
where a single trade can make or break a financial institution�s
gain for the day.� About SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time SUSE Linux
Enterprise Real Time is a fully supported real-time operating
system, specifically engineered to reduce the latency and increase
the predictability of time-sensitive, mission-critical applications
such as RMDS. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time enterprises can
respond more rapidly to market changes, increase the reliability
and availability of their critical business services � even under
heavy system loads � and improve resource utilization. To review a
copy of the �RMDS 6.3 with Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Real-Time
on HP c-Class Blades, Intel Xeon, and Voltaire InfiniBand� STAC
Report go to http://www.stacresearch.com/novell. For more
information about SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time, visit
http://www.novell.com/linux/realtime. About Novell Novell, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable
Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software
that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and
risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of
partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments,
allowing people and technology to work as one. For more
information, visit www.novell.com. Novell and SUSE are registered
trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. *All third-party trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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