Tyan/AMD/Seagate Set New Standard

AMD, together with Tyan and Seagate have set a new standard for small business transaction processing . "The test system included a Tyan S2881 motherboard, two AMD Opteron processors Model 256 with two Seagate Cheetah 15,000 RPM Ultra 320 SCSI disk drives." The system processed over 17,000 transactions per minute at a cost of $0.18 per transaction per minute. "AMD64 technology with Direct Connect Architecture combined with quality components from other vendors, like Tyan and Seagate, results in servers with incredible price-performance," said Pat Patla, Director, Server/Workstation Marketing, AMD. "This particular server test demonstrates that the AMD Opteron processor is perfectly suited for demanding small business environments."