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Oracle and Sun Are Faster than IBM: Proof Now Available

Oracle and Sun Beats IBM's Best Results on DB2 with Power 595 Server
Oracle and Sun Publish TPC-C Benchmark using Flash Technology

  • Oracle published a TPC-C benchmark result for Oracle Database 11g running on Sun CMT hardware(1). This result proves that the Oracle-Sun combination runs faster than IBM DB2 running on IBM's flagship Power 595.
  • The Oracle-Sun benchmark used an innovative combination of Sun's fast CMT servers to power the database, along with Sun's new flash technology to speed I/O.
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters allowed Sun and Oracle to scale performance on a 12-Node Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 cluster. Oracle Real Application Clusters is in production use at thousands of customers, enabling transparent scaling of real-world business applications.
  • With this benchmark, Oracle and Sun become the first vendors to achieve leading TPC-C performance results using Flash Storage technology. Using the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array, Oracle and Sun were able to set a leading result using eight times less hardware than IBM used for its largest benchmark (3).
  • The Oracle-Sun configuration consumed six times less energy than the IBM configuration even though it ran 25 percent faster. (4)
  • The Oracle-Sun benchmark demonstrated 7 times better transaction response times than the IBM benchmark(5).
  • Oracle Database 11g running on the Solaris 10 Operating System achieved an outstanding performance result of 7.6 million tpmC at $2.36/tpmC.

"With this benchmark result, there;s no denying that Oracle Database 11g running on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers outperforms IBM and DB2," said Juan Loaiza, Senior Vice President, Systems Technology, Oracle.

BENCHMARK DETAILS

TPC-C is an OLTP (online transaction processing) benchmark developed by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC). The TPC-C benchmark defines a rigorous standard for calculating performance and price/performance measured by transactions per minute (tpmC) and $/tpmC, respectively. More information is available at http://www.tpc.org/.

As of November 3, 2009: Source:  Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), www.tpc.org
(1) 12-Node Sun SPARC Enteprise T5440 server cluster 7,646,486 tmpC, $2.36/tpmC, available 12/14/09
(2) IBM Power 595 Server Model 9119-FHA, 6,085,166 tpmC, $2.81/tpmC, available 12/10/08 (Best IBM DB2 TPC-C result)
(3) Hardware size measured in racks of equipment as priced for the benchmarks.
(4) The IBM system consumes 6 times more energy per TPC-C transaction reported. Energy use calculation based on published specifications of hardware used in benchmarks. 25% percent faster: Although IBM delivers an impressive 6.1 million TPC-C transactions per minute, Sun + Oracle outperforms with an even more impressive 7.6 million TPC-C transactions per minute.
(5) Based on average response time of New Order transaction in TPC-C benchmark. Average response time of new-order transactions was 0.168 seconds for the Sun + Oracle system versus 1.22 seconds for the IBM system.
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