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Oracle® Fusion Middleware Delivers World Record Dual-Node Result with SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark on Dell PowerEdge Server

Oracle WebLogic Server Holds the Leadership Position in Multiple SPECjAppServer2004 Categories

Redwood Shores, CA – June 5, 2009

News Facts

Today Oracle announced that Oracle® WebLogic Server, a strategic component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, together with Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle Database 11g running on a Dell™ PowerEdge™ server, set a world record dual-node result with the SPECjAppServer2004 industry standard benchmark. (1)
With this result, Oracle WebLogic Server holds the world record in multiple SPECjAppServer2004 categories: single-node, (2) dual-node and multi-node.(3)

Benchmark Details

Oracle WebLogic Server 10g Release 3 with Oracle Database 11g, achieved 7,311.50 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (jAppServer Operations per Second). The Java application server was running on two Dell PowerEdge R610 rack servers, each equipped with a two-socket Intel® Xeon® x5570 2.93 GHz processor.
Oracle Database 11g was running on a four-socket Dell PowerEdge R900 rack server with an Intel Xeon x7460 hex-core 2.66 GHz processor. Both application server and database machines were running Oracle Enterprise Linux.
For more than five years, Oracle has submitted record-setting application server benchmarks on a broad range of hardware and software platforms. Oracle is the performance and price/performance leader in multiple SPECjAppServer 2001 (4) and SPECjAppServer2002 (5) benchmark categories and also holds the world records for best performance and price/performance in the Ecperf (6) benchmark of Java EE application servers reported in July 2002.
SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of a representative Java EE application and each of the components that make up the application environment, including hardware, application server software, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers and the system network. For more information, visit http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2004/.

Supporting Quote

“Delivering world record results across multiple categories of the SpecjAppServer 2004 benchmark showcases the superior performance, scalability and flexibility of Oracle Fusion Middleware with Oracle WebLogic Server,” said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle. “With its unique application grid capabilities, Oracle WebLogic Server proves again why it's the world's best application server for building and running enterprise applications.”

Supporting Resources

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SPEC and SPECjAppServer are registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. All results from www.spec.org as of June 4, 2009.
1 Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10g R3 on two Dell PowerEdge 610 each with a two-socket Intel® Xeon® x5570 2.93 GHz processor, 7,311.50 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard ((World Record Dual Node).
2 Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10.3 on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440, 6334.86 (World Record Single Node).
3 Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R 3 on HP. 16 HP Integrity BL870c server blades, each with four dual-core Intel® Itanium® 1.6 GHz processors, (128 cores), 26,655.32 JOPS@Standard. (World Record Multi-Node)
4 Sun Microsystems SunFire V1280 with Oracle9i Application Server, 521.86Bops/min@Std, $1,133.64/BBops (Best performance SPECjAppServer 2001 Dual Node category). Oracle9i AS Release 2 Standard Edition on HP ProLiant DL360, 183.33 BBops/min@Std, $325.13/BBops (Best price performance SPECjAppServer2001 Dual Node category). Oracle9iAS Release 2 on HP rp8400 Cluster, 2,529.10 BBops, $1342.74/Bbops (Best performance SPECjAppServer2001 MultipleNode category). Oracle9iAS Release 2 on HP ProLiant ML530G2 Cluster, 558.85 BBops/min@Std, $389.66/BBops (Best price performance SPECjAppServer2001MultipleNode category). Source: http://www.spec.org. For more information regarding SPECjAppServer2001 results, please visit: http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2001/results/jAppServer2001.html.
5 Fujitsu-Siemens Computers' PRIMEPOWER 450/2500, Oracle Application Server 10g: 5,991.73 TOPS@MultipleNode, 654.20 Euros TOPS@MultipleNode (Best Overall Performance Result, SPECjAppServer2002 benchmark).
6 Sun Fire 3800 cluster with Oracle9i AS Release 2, 61,862.77 BBops/min@Std, $28/BBops (Best Overall Performance, ECperf benchmark). HP DL360G2 cluster with Oracle9i AS Release 2, 24,639.37 BBops/min@Std, $5/BBops (Best Overall price/performance, ECperf benchmark). For more information regarding ECperf benchmark results, please visit: http://web.archive.org/web/20050306014256/ecperf.theserverside.com/ecperf/index.jsp?page=results/performance.

Contact Info

Teri Whitaker
Oracle
+1.650.506.9914
teri.whitaker@oracle.com

Jim Rivas
Oracle
+1.650.506.8879
james.rivas@oracle.com

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