Why the NeoSort World Record is Good News for Mainframe Users |
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On February 7, 2006, Ordinal Technology and Fujitsu set a new world record for the MinuteSort benchmark in the “Daytona,” or commercial program, category using the NeoSort sort program. NeoSort read 40 gigabytes of data (400 million 100-byte records) in less than one minute. The sort ran on Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST computers using Fujitsu ETERNUS storage subsystems—hardware that costs a fraction of the cost of today’s mainframe systems. Given the very real challenge of mainframe batch jobs approaching or exceeding the limits of available batch Windows®, this benchmark proves that companies now have a choice outside of expensive mainframe upgrades. This paper details how the benchmark was performed and more importantly, how this technology can reduce costs and speed batch processing. |
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