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NOTE: STAC Reports vs STAC Benchmarks
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If an item has the STAC Report logo, it means that STAC has issued the report. | ![]() |
If an item also has the Council logo, then the report is based on official benchmark specifications developed by the STAC Benchmark Council (i.e., actual STAC Benchmarks). |
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
STAC-M3 Report: kdb+ 2.6, Oracle Sun Fire X4540, OEL 5.4, ext3 (SUT: KDB100615)

STAC Report for:
- Kx Systems Kdb+ 2.6
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.4 with ext3
- AMD Opteron 2356, quad core, 2.3 GHz
- Oracle Sun Fire X4540 with 32 GB RAM
- Multiple SCSI disks / RAID 5
Tested against STAC-M3 v1 specs.
STAC Report: Aleri Order Book Consolidation on Intel Tigertown and Solaris 10
One 2U server consolidates a view of 180,000 orders per second with 99th percentile latency of approximately 3 milliseconds
Aleri Order Book Consolidation on Intel Tigerton and Solaris 10
Aleri Streaming Platform, Solaris 10, Intel Xeon 7350, order-book consolidation test case using Reuters OMM data for ITCH and Arca.
IMD: "What's Data Got To Do With IT?"
Frankel of Solace: "We applaud the evolution of independent analysts and testing agencies like STAC that publish legitimately independent performance numbers...."
Innovation Sponsors
Innovation Sponsors are vendors who underwrite a portion of space and power in the STAC Lab and furnish a critical mass of products that customers and partners can use to design and test solutions.
Innovation Sponsors encourage the industry to discover how to leverage the sponsor’s products for maximum performance.
The following firms are currently Innovation Sponsors (listed in the order of their announcement):

