Computers & Processors:

Accrue/Sun Set New Standard for Internet Analytics

Accrue Software Inc set a new scalability standard for Internet analytics through comprehensive performance testing of its Accrue G2 solution on systems from Sun Microsystems Inc. During the testing, Accrue G2 easily scaled to process 1.5 billion Internet events per day, the equivalent of more than 7.5 terabytes of data. All tests used actual customer data to simulate a high-volume, multi-site Internet environment. The comprehensive testing comprised four phases of processing from initial loading of raw data to full availability of interactive reports and ad hoc analysis. Complete processing time ranged from two hours for 73 million events to 14 hours for 1.5 billion events, demonstrating Accrue's ability to quickly deliver full analytics capabilities within 24 hours for highly complex, dynamic Internet initiatives.

In addition to surpassing any published scalability standards for volume for Internet analytics solutions, Accrue G2 also demonstrated the ability to provide rapid response to hundreds of concurrent users' queries for reports and ad hoc analysis. During testing, Accrue G2 scaled to support 400 concurrent users performing queries against the system while continuing to provide average response times below 40 seconds. These performance tests clearly indicated that Accrue G2 can effectively meet the changing needs of companies as they integrate their Internet initiatives.

Accrue conducted the performance testing at Sun's Enterprise Technology Center in Palo Alto, CA, using a single Sun Enterprise T 6500 server with multiple 400 MHz UltraSPARC T II processors running the Solaris T Operating Environment. The tests simulated a variety of computing environments, employing from six to 29 CPUs, to demonstrate near linear scaling.