Sun Blade T6340 Server Module

The Sun Blade T6340 server module, running two UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz, delivered a world record dual-processor result of 388,456 on this Java-based enterprise benchmark. SPECjbb2005 benchmark results confirm the Sun Blade T6340 server module as one of the highest performing and most efficient platforms on the planet for deployment of secure Java-based enterprise applications.

Benchmark Description

SPECjbb2005 (Java Business Benchmark) measures the performance of an application server implemented in Java in the middle tier. This benchmark is based on the order processing of a wholesale supplier application. The metrics given are the number of SPECjbb2005 bops (Business Operations per Second) and SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM (bops per JVM instance).

Benchmark Outcome

• The Sun Blade T6340 server module, equipped with two UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz, enables Sun's new CoolThreads blade server to deliver unprecedented levels of Java performance, and sets a brand new two processor world record result on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark.
• The Sun HotSpot JVM running on top of Solaris 10 10/08, the forthcoming update to the Solaris 10 OS, sets a new standard for scalability by leveraging all 128 threads available in two UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors powering the Sun Blade T6340 server module, allowing customers to deploy breakaway services with higher levels of scalability and efficiency than ever before possible.
• Compared to the IBM Blade Center HS21XM blade server equipped with two quad-core Intel Xeon processors, the dual processor Sun Blade T6340 server module delivers more than 25 percent better performance.
• Compared to the HP Integrity BL465c blade with dual-core AMD Opteron CPUs, the Sun Blade T6340 server module delivered 79 percent better performance and was able to sustain 8x the number of JVMs within a single physical system.
• The Sun Blade T6340 server module, running the Solaris 10 OS, demonstrated 4.8x better performance than the HP rx2660 server with two 1.6GHz Intel Itanium2 processors and delivered much better Java scalability with 16x the number of JVMs per physical server than the HP server.
• These results demonstrate that the UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip — the third generation of CMT processors — continues to show its ability to handle enterprise scale Java workloads.

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The Sun Blade T6340 server module, running the Solaris 10 OS and Sun Studio 12 software, achieved a world record result for all dual-processor systems on the industry standard SPECompM2001 benchmark.

Benchmark Description

SPEC OMP2001 is a benchmark that is used to compare the performance of shared memory servers executing compute-intensive scientific applications. It represents a collection of applications that are used in high-energy physics, weather modeling, computational chemistry, mechanical design and several other areas, and consists of medium and large problem sets. All C/C++ and FORTRAN applications in this suite use the OpenMP programming model which provides a portable, scalable model for developing parallel applications for platforms ranging from the desktop to the supercomputer. The OpenMP Application Program Interface (API) supports multi-platform shared-memory parallel programming in C/C++ and FORTRAN on all architectures.

Benchmark Outcome

• The Sun Blade T6340 server module, equipped with two UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors (16 cores, 128 thread), set a dual-processor system world record with a score of 25,952. This result outdoes the SPECompM2001 score of 19,688 posted by the IBM BladeCenter JS22 blade with two Power6 processors (four cores, 8 threads), by 32 percent.
• The combination of Sun Studio 12 software (that consists of performance tools, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and C, C++, and Fortran compilers) and the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), places the Sun Blade T6340 server module ahead of competition in the High Performance Computing (HPC) market.

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The Sun Blade T6340 server module, running two UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz, set world records for all dual-processor systems on compute-intensive SPECint_rate2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 benchmarks.

These compute-intensive tests were conducted with the Sun Blade 6000 disk module directly attached to the UltraSPARC-based server module to enhance local storage performance. Results show that the Sun Blade T6340 server module provides a portable, scalable platform for developing and deploying parallel applications and for running compute-intensive workloads, particularly when coupled with the Solaris 10 OS and Sun Studio 12 software.

Benchmark Description

The SPEC CPU2006 benchmark provides a broad variety of workloads and better real-world applicability of results than the previous versions of this benchmark. It consists of two benchmark suites — one suite measures and compares compute-intensive integer performance and the other measures and compares floating point performance. The benchmark exercises a computer's processor, memory architecture and compilers on a variety of compute-intensive workloads, including protein sequencing, MPEG-4 decoding, XML processing, fluid dynamics, structural mechanics and speech recognition.

Benchmark Outcome

• The Sun Blade T6340 server module, equipped with two UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz enables Sun's new CoolThreads system to deliver unprecedented levels of compute performance, and sets two new dual-processor world record results on integer and floating point throughput tests.
• On the integer-intensive throughput tests, the Sun Blade T6340 server module delivered 89 percent higher performance than the dual-processor POWER6-based IBM Blade center JS22 server, and up to 3x more performance than the HP BL860c blade with two Itanium2 processors.
• On the floating point-intensive throughput tests, the Sun Blade T6340 server module delivered 45 percent higher performance than the dual-processor HP BL480c blade server equipped with Intel Xeon CPUs. Sun's blade server also outran the Dell M805 blade server with two AMD Opteron processors by up to 35 percent.
• In addition, the Sun Blade T6340 server module delivered a two-processor world record score of 147 on the SPECfp_rate_base2006 and 115 on SPECfp_rate_base2006 suites of the benchmark. The "base" scores are produced using less optimized benchmark binaries compiled under stricter guidelines. Although "base" scores may not reflect the ultimate performance of the system, some end users who may prefer to spend less time tuning their compiler optimizations, may find them more relevant.
• The Sun Blade T6340 server module, powered by two UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors, delivers nearly 2x the integer and floating point throughput performance of the Sun Blade T6320 server module, a single-socket system powered by CMT processors. The Sun Blade T6340 server module demonstrates that an elegant CMT design can scale well for SMP applications and provides unprecedented computing capacity for this segment of the market.
• These results demonstrate that the UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip — the third generation of CMT processors — continues to show its ability to scale and process highly compute-intensive workloads.

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