----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        The Florida SunFlash

                                SunDBE 1.2

SunFLASH Vol 39 #25					          March 1992
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 		New Database Performance Product Announcement

Now Sun customers can take even greater advantage of the multiprocessing
capabilities of the SPARCserver 6x0 family with SunDBE 1.2! This latest
release of Sun's industry-leading database accelerator boosts throughput
by 35 to 100% over standard SunOS 4.1.2 and helps the SPARCserver 690
to phenomenal TPC-A and TPC-B performance of 95.41 TPS-A and 134.9
TPS-B.


        -- Enhances the performance of Informix, INGRES, Oracle, and Sybase
           on SPARCservers running SunOS 4.1.2

        -- Preserves Sun's database price/performance


Sun Database Excelerator 1.2 (SunDBE 1.2) extends Sun's price/performance
leadership in the UNIX database server market. SunDBE 1.2 on SunOS 4.1.2
maintains database performance gains of SunDBE 1.1 on 4.1.1, while
providing new levels of SPARC transaction performance through new features
for the SPARCserver 600MP family. Together, SunDBE 1.2, SunOS 4.1.2, and
SPARCserver6x0MP systems provide new levels of throughput and improved
response time under large user loads.


SunDBE FEATURES AND BENEFITS
----------------------------

SunDBE 1.2 supports the following features of SunDBE 1.1 on SunOS 4.1.2:

    -- Improved memory management
    -- Faster UFS writes
    -- Support for more users
    -- Tuned asynchronous I/O

SunDBE 1.2 also provides increased throughput, lowers response time, and
supports more users on the SPARCserver6x0MP family by decreasing accesses
to the SunOS 4.1.2 kernel and the time spent spinning on kernel locks.

SunDBE 1.2 increases throughput by 30 to 60% over standard SunOS 4.1.2,
while increasing the number of users supported by up to 4 times. SunDBE 1.2
is unbundled and easy-to-install, and coexists/interoperates with all
the major Sun unbundled server software products.


HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONSIDERATIONS
------------------------------------

SunDBE 1.2 is available for SPARCsystems running SunOS 4.1.2 only
           (4.1.2 supports all SPARC machines).

SunDBE 1.2 does not work with SPARCengine OS.


US PRICING AND ORDERING INFORMATION
-----------------------------------
                                                Discount       Same Day
Description           Order Number      List    Category       Service

SunDBE 1.2 CD-ROM,    DBE-1.2-4-4-21    $300        A            $20
  site RTU, docs
SunDBE 1.2 Upgrade    DBE-1.2-4-4-21U   $105        A            n/a
  CD-ROM, site RTU,
  docs

Notes:
   -- runs only on SunOS 4.1.2
   -- includes a site right-to-use license
   -- quotable and orderable immediately
   -- First Customer Ship in March, 1992
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
For information send mail to info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM.
Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@sunvice.East.Sun.COM.
Archives are on solar.nova.edu, paris.cs.miami.edu, uunet.uu.net,
src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au

All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third
party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local
Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in
your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications
within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or
publication by Sun Microsystems.

John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.