The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 is the Fastest Single Application Server on SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark

(As of Thursday, 26 February 2009)

Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running Oracle Solaris, Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Database 11g on the application and database tiers, respectively, outperformed all other competitive solutions that used a single application server on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark with the result of 7,661.16 SPECjAppServer2004 jops@Standard.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, with the massive scalability of chip multi-threading (CMT) technology architecture, achieves a world record result and raises the bar for other single application servers based on different architectures. This new record-breaking score confirms the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as one of the highest performing and most efficient platform on the planet for deployment of Java applications and OLTP database services.

SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) technology-based application servers that was developed to aid potential users in understanding the capabilities of different solutions under a heavy load. It measures the volume of transactions a particular system configuration can process while maintaining specified response times for 90% of the transactions.

SPECjAppServer2004 is an end-to-end application benchmark which exercises all parts of the underlying infrastructure that make up the application environment, including hardware, Java Virtual Machine (JVM) software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

Top single application server results on SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark Single Server Application Tier.

Single Server Database Tier

• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four 1.6GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at the application tier used Oracle Solaris Containers to consolidate seven Oracle WebLogic Server instances, while the second Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server configured with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors running Oracle Database 11g with Oracle Solaris supported the database tier of the benchmark. With built-in, open source, no-cost virtualization via Oracle Solaris Containers, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is an ideal platform for consolidating existing enterprise-class workloads onto a single system. Customers can quickly and easily move their existing physical environments to virtual containers on Oracle Solaris and take advantage of the performance, scalability and cost savings of Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers.
• SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark captures the end-to-end application and database performance of a vendor's solutions and highlights the scalability of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in both application and database server roles. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated its ability to perform business critical operations and act as a superb Java EE application server, as well an outstanding Oracle Database 11g OLTP database server. During benchmark execution, the 4RU Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the application tier with four 1.6GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors consumed an average of 1,967 watts while the other Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the database tier with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors consumed 1,771 watts.
• Compared to the result of 4,410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 jops@Standard posted by the HP DL580 G5 server, equipped with four 6-core Intel Xeon processors, the four-socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 74% better performance. On the database tier of the same benchmark, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered 2.2x better performance per watt compared to the HP DL 580 G5 server deployed as a database server. Moreover, based on the average electricity cost of 13 cents per kWhr, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server can save over US $1,000 in annual power and HVAC bills versus the HP DL580 G5 server.
• Running the latest versions of Oracle Solaris and JavaServer software backed by Oracle Database 11g, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 21% improvement over the previous 1.4GHz-based Sun SPARC Enterprise score of 6334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 jops@Standard.
• Compared to the result of 3339.94 SPECjAppServer2004 jops@Standard posted by the HP DL580 G5 server, equipped with four 2.93GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 2.3x better performance.
• Compared to the result of 3975.13 SPECjAppServer2004 jops@Standard posted by the Dell PowerEdge R610 server, equipped with two 2.93GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 1.9x better performance.
• This world record result was obtained using Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6 Update 14 Performance Release on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running Oracle Solaris 10 5/09.

• Benchmark Results

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Competitive data obtained from http://www.spec.org as of the date located next to the respective claim. See the Website for latest results. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 7,661.16 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 6,334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 24 cores) 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. HP DL580G5 requires 2 PSUs. Power specifications calculated as 80% of maximum input wattage reported 7/7/09: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12770_na/12770_na.html#Power%20Specifications HP DL580 G5 (4 chips, 16 cores) 3339.94 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Dell PowerEdge R610 (2 chips, 8 cores) 3975.13 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Estimated Power Usage per Year (based on global average of $0.13/kWhr gathered from the World Energy Organization. HVAC costs calculated as 100% premium over power costs.