Benchmarking Exact
The evidence that our systems deliver better performance
Introduction
In April 2007, we benchmarked four different machines on the time it took to perform a range of functions with Software of Excellence - EXACT. Two of the machines are what we've seen installed by other IT suppliers in various dental practices as "servers" and two are different builds of HP Proliant Server - machines that we deploy in dental practices that are looked after by us.
Details about the types of tests performed and specification of machines follow.
Exact benchmarks performed on a 1.74Gb data set using Exact v9.4 Both machines are fully up to date with the latest Microsoft security and performance updates.
Client machine - AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 1Gb RAM, 250Gb 7200RPM SATA Hard Disk
Allocated Payment report - performed on all dentists for a one month period, simple summary, including NHS and unallocated payments
Debtors List - performed on all patients as at the latest date
List Treatment Plans - performed on all patients by all providers for a one month period listing treatment details and misc treatments
Typical Build 1
- Windows XP Professional SP2
- AMD Duron 1.3Ghz
- 256 Mb RAM
- 10/100 Network Card
- Single 7200RPM 40GB IDE Hard Disk
Reports
- Initial Exact Install Time - 5 minutes 56 seconds
- Time Taken to upgrade Exact database from V9.02.17.00 to V9.04.03.01 - 55 minutes 27 seconds
- Client Install Time - 1 minute 4 seconds
- Network backup - 15 minutes 40 seconds
Typical Build 2
- Windows XP Professional SP2
- Intel Pentium 4 2.0Ghz
- 1GB RAM
- 10/100 Network Card
- Single 7200RPM 80GB SATA Hard Disk
Reports
- Initial Exact Install Time - 3 minutes 42 seconds
- Time Taken to upgrade Exact database from V9.02.17.00 to V9.04.03.01 - 24 minutes 3 seconds
- Client Install Time - 57 seconds
- Network Backup - 12 minutes 42 seconds
Net Therapy Build 1 - HP Proliant ML370 G4
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP1
- Intel Xeon 3.20Ghz
- 1GB RAM
- Gigabit Network Card
- 4 x 36.4GB 10,000 RPM Ultra 3 SCSI Hard Disks in a RAID5 configuration with one hot spare allowing failure of up to 2 hard disks without loss of data
Reports
- Initial Exact Install Time - 3 minutes 25 seconds
- Time Taken to upgrade Exact database from V9.02.17.00 to V9.04.03.01 - 17 minutes 51 seconds
- Client Install Time - 36 seconds
- Network Backup - 8 minutes 41 seconds
Net Therapy Build 2 - HP Proliant ML370 G5
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP1
- Intel Dual Core Xeon 3.20Ghz
- 4GB RAM
- Gigabit Network Card
- 4 x 146GB 10,000 RPM SAS Hard Disks in a RAID5 configuration with one spare allowing failure of up to 2 hard disks without loss of data
Reports
- Initial Exact Install Time - 1 minute 19 seconds
- Time Taken to upgrade Exact database from V9.02.17.00 to V9.04.03.01 - 11 minutes 50 seconds
- Client Install Time - 26 seconds
- Network Backup - 1 minute 20 seconds