Date: 23-Nov-2009   URL: www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/t5440/performance.xml

Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server

Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server

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The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is the world's first modular quad-socket server powered by the UltraSPARC T2 Plus "system on a chip" processor, delivering massive throughput of up to 256 compute threads and 512 GB of memory in just 4RU of space. Additionally, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server offer integrated, flexible, open source virtualization technology and included at no cost, integrated cryptographic acceleration and high I/O bandwidth. These features make the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server an excellent platform for virtualizing and consolidating traditional midrange applications such as Oracle databases, Sybase databases, Siebel CRM, SAP ERP, Peoplesoft, and much more. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server provides up to 4x higher performance, up to 4x higher performance per watt, and costs as little as one-fourth of competitive servers.

(Tue, 03 November 2009)

Sun and Oracle Deliver World Record Database Result on TPC-C Benchmark  

Sun and Oracle demonstrate the world's fastest database performance. Sun Microsystems using 12 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers, 60 Sun Storage F5100 Flash arrays and Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition with Real Application Clusters and Partitioning delivered a world-record TPC-C benchmark result. Not only does this result beat the next best result by over 25% in performance with up to 7x better new order transaction times, but it does so by using 1/8 the rack space and with nearly 6x lower power consumption per unit of performance!

Benchmark Description

TPC-C is an OLTP system benchmark. It simulates a complete environment where a population of terminal operators executes transactions against a database. The benchmark is centered around the principal activities (transactions) of an order entry environment. These transactions include entering and delivering orders, recording payments, checking the status of orders, and monitoring the level of stock at the warehouses.

Benchmark Outcome [1]

Sun Microsystems using 12 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers, 60 Sun Storage F5100 Flash arrays and Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition with Real Application Clusters and Partitioning delivered a world-record TPC-C benchmark result.

  • The 12-node Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server cluster result delivered a world-record TPC-C benchmark result of 7,646,486.7 tpmC and $2.36 $/tpmC (USD) using Oracle 11g R1 on a configuration available 12/14/09.
  • The 12-node Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server cluster beats the performance of the IBM Power 595 (5GHz) with IBM DB2 9.5 database by 26% and has 16% better price/performance on the TPC-C benchmark.
  • The Oracle/Sun solution utilized Sun FlashFire technology to deliver this result. The Sun Storage F5100 flash array was used for database storage. The Sun Storage F5100 flash array provides sub millisecond I/O response times and much higher I/O rates than traditional disk. Typically 10-50x better I/O performance in much smaller rack space and with lower power consumption.
  • The complete Oracle/Sun solution had 10.7x better performance per physical footprint than an IBM configuration resulting in more efficient utilization of datacenter space and power.
  • The complete Oracle/Sun solution used 8 times fewer racks than the IBM configuration.
  • The complete Oracle/Sun solution delivered over 7 times better new order response times than the IBM configuration.
  • The complete Oracle/Sun solution had 5.9x better power/performance than the IBM configuration.
  • The 12-node Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server cluster beat the performance of the HP Superdome (1.6GHz Itanium2) by 87% and had 19% better price/performance on the TPC-C benchmark.
  • With this world record performance result the Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition with Real Application Clusters and Partitioning demonstrated excellent scalability across 12 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers and extreme data throughput capability with 60 Sun Storage F5100 flash arrays.
  • This result showed Sun and Oracle's integrated hardware and software stacks provide industry-leading performance.

[1] TPC Benchmark C, tpmC, and TPC-C are trademarks of the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPC). 12-node Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Cluster (1.6GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus, 4 processor) with Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition with Real Application Clusters and Partitioning, 7,646,486.7 tpmC, $2.36/tpmC. Available 12/14/09. IBM Power 595 (5GHz Power6, 32 chips, 64 cores, 128 threads) with IBM DB2 9.5, 6,085,166 tpmC, $2.81/tpmC, available 12/10/08. HP Integrity Superdome(1.6GHz Itanium2, 64 processors, 128 cores, 256 threads) with Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition, 4,092,799 tpmC, $2.93/tpmC. Available 8/06/07. Source: http://www.tpc.org, results as of 11/3/09.

(Sun, 11 October 2009)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Trumps Competition on Industry-Standard Web Serving Workload  

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server posted a world record on the SPECweb2005 benchmark, the industry standard measure of Web server performance. Based on Sun's Chip Multithreading (CMT) technology, the four socket system outperformed all competitive Web servers, making it an ideal solution for power and space-constrained datacenters. These leading performance results demonstrate the effectiveness of combining the Solaris OS, Solaris Containers, Sun Java System Web Server and Sun FlashFire technology when building an ultimate platform for deployment of secure Web services.

SPECweb2005 is the industry-standard benchmark for evaluating Web server performance. The benchmark simulates multiple user sessions accessing a Web server and generating static and dynamic HTTP requests. The major features of SPECweb2005 are:

  • Measures simultaneous user sessions
  • Dynamic content: currently PHP and JSP implementations
  • Page images requested using 2 parallel HTTP connections
  • Multiple, standardized workloads: Banking (HTTPS), E-commerce (HTTP and HTTPS), and Support (HTTP)
  • Simulates browser caching effects
  • File accesses more accurately simulate today's disk access patterns

Competitive Comparisons Table
  SPARC Enterprise T5440 HP DL370 G6 HP DL585 G5 HP DL580 G5
Processor UltraSPARC T2 Plus Intel Xeon W5580 AMD Opteron 8393 SE Intel Xeon X7460
Number of Processors 4 2 4 4
Operating System Solaris 10 Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux
Web Server Software Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 5 Rock Web Server v1.4.7 Rock Web Server v1.4.7 Rock Web Server v1.4.7
Performance (Composite) 100,209 SPECweb2005 83,073 SPECweb2005 71,629 SPECweb2005 50,013 SPECweb2005
Performance (Banking component) 176,500 SPECweb2005_banking 117,120 SPECweb2005_banking 117,504 SPECweb2005_banking 97,632 SPECweb2005_banking
Performance (e-Commerce component) 133,000 SPECweb2005_ecommerce 142,080 SPECweb2005_ecommerce 123,072 SPECweb2005_ecommerce 69,600 SPECweb2005_ecommerce
Performance (Support component) 95,000 SPECweb2005_support 76,352 SPECweb2005_support 56,320 SPECweb2005_support 40,800 SPECweb2005_support
 
Benchmark Outcome

  • The powerful combination of four unique 8-core/64 thread UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors, the rock-solid Sun Java System Web Server and Solaris 10 OS makes the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server the highest performing and most efficient Web serving platform available.
  • As captured in the table above, the four processor? SPARC Enterprise T5440 server outperforms competitive x86 dual-and quad-socket servers equipped with the latest dual- and six-core Intel Xeon and quad-core AMD Opteron processors running Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server has obtained a world record performance result of 100,209 using Sun Storage F5100 Flash Arrays for storing both the target file set and log files.
  • The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers 21 percent greater SPECweb2005 performance than the HP DL370 G6 with Intel Xeon 5500-series processors.
  • The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers 40 percent greater SPECweb2005 performance than the HP DL 585 G5 with four AMD Opteron 8393 SE processors.
  • The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers 2x the SPECweb2005 performance of the HP DL 580 G5 with four Intel Xeon X7460 processors.
  • IBM has not published any POWER6-based results on the SPECweb2005 benchmark
  • Sun's breakthrough solution was running Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 update 5 and Java HotSpot server software on top of the Solaris 10/09 OS, representing a solid and commercially viable solution ready to be deployed in a production environment, in contrast to competing results listed above.
  • Sun's Web Server is high-performance, highly scalable web server software selected by enterprises worldwide for its security, reliability and manageability. Sun Java System Web Server features strong security features and data center management capabilities including cluster management, fail-over, automatic recovery, dynamic log rotation and more. Sun Web Server is often chosen by leading Java EE application servers as a secure Web tier front end to the business logic tier.
  • Solaris Containers, the no-cost virtualization technology available in Solaris 10, enabled the creation of multiple Web serving environments on a single server, highlighting the consolidation capabilities of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server. Moreover, the use of the Sun External I/O Expansion unit and Sun Storage F5100 Flash Arrays highlight the expandability of this midrange enterprise server.
  • Since SPECweb2005 benchmark is designed to measure Web server performance on the system under test (SUT) it does not take into account power or space required by external storage that was used to produce benchmark results. For a large number of supported user sessions, as in the case of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server result, storage represents a significant part of the overall solution. However, by using only two Sun Storage F5100 Flash Arrays in this configuration, Sun was able to reduce the overall storage footprint to a mere 2RU.
  • This benchmark result clearly demonstrates that the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running four Solaris Containers with a single Sun Web Server 7.0 instance in each, and sharing two Sun Storage F5100 Flash Arrays for fast data retrieval, can support tens of thousands of concurrent Web server sessions and is an industry leader in Web serving.

(Tue, 18 August 2009)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Delivers Outstanding Single-JVM Performance on SPECjbb2005 Benchmark

The Sun SPARC Enterprise(R) T5440 server with four 1.6 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors delivered the best single JVM result for all systems with 32 or fewer computing cores on industry-standard Enterprise Java benchmark.

SPECjbb2005 benchmark that emulates the design of real-world server-side Java applications and provides an accurate reflection of the business logic and objects, while stressing the implementation of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the scalability of the system's processors and memory.

Benchmark Outcome

  • The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.6GHz (32 cores), delivered a result of 688,692 SPECjbb2005 bops, 688,692 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM.
  • The SPECjbb2005 benchmark produces two equally important metrics—total system throughput (SPECjbb2005 bops) and JVM scalability (SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM), reflecting how different organizations may deploy their applications. Running a single instance of the Java Virtual Machine per physical server continues to provide an effective way to isolate multiple tasks in environments where dedicated solutions are necessitated by business or regulatory requirements. Moreover, this mode of operation guarantees the uniformed system utilization desired by enterprise data center managers and users alike.
  • As demonstrated by this leading benchmark result, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, running the latest version 1.6.0_14 Performance Release of Sun's Java Platform Standard Edition software, is well suited for single JVM deployments.
  • Powered by the OpenSolaris 2009.06 OS, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, Sun's flagship CMT server, delivers top-shelf single-JVM performance, showcases the OS and Java software features specifically optimized for CMT platforms.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server consumed an average of 2,165 Watts of power to obtain this result.
  • Organizations and users that prefer to run a single instance of Sun's Java Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) software will find that the latest version (1.6.0_14 Performance Release) of the software, in combination with the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, outperforms an eight processor (16 cores) IBM p570 Power 5-based system by 3x, with the score of 224,200 SPECjbb2005 bops (224,200 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM)

(Tue, 18 August 2009)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Supports Unprecedented Number of Oracle BI Users

The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with 1.6 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors, running Solaris 10 OS and Oracle(R) Database 11g software, delivered record-breaking performance with 28,000 concurrent users on the Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition (BI Suite EE) test.

The test of 280,000 named users with 10 percent concurrency simulates an organization that needs to support a large number of concurrent users, each performing a mixed set of tasks such as ad-hoc reporting, application development and report viewing. The business processes in the test closely represent a real world scenario with a fully populated underlying database schema.

Benchmark Outcome

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.6GHz, delivered world record performance on Oracle Business Suite Intelligence Enterprise Edition test using Solaris OS with Solaris Containers and ZFS.
  • This result demonstrates the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server's ability to handle large enterprise BI deployments and the scalability of Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition cluster with four nodes running in Solaris Containers on a single server system.
  • The SPARC Enterprise Server T5440 server was equipped with internal Solid State Disk and running ZFS file system showed significant I/O performance improvement over traditional disk for Business Intelligence Web Catalog activity.
  • In this test, the SPARC Enterprise Server T5440 server supported a maximum of 28,000 concurrent users who were actively interacting and working in the system during the steady-state period. The test scripts executed 580 transactions per second, with “think” times of 60 seconds per user, between requests. In the test scenario 95 percentof the workload consisted of business users viewing reports and navigating within dashboards. The remaining 5 percent of the concurrent users, categorized as administrative users, were doing application development. The benchmark scenario used a typical business user sequence of dashboard navigation, report viewing, and drill down. This benchmark test was run on a full production version of the Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition application with a fully populated underlying database schema. Therefore the business processes in the test scenario closely represents a real-world customer scenario.

(Tue, 21 July 2009)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Delivers New Four-Processor Record on Two-Tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (4 processors/32 cores/256 threads) running the Solaris 10 OS and Oracle(R) Database 10g delivered the highest four-processor result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark, an industry standard measure of ERP performance. This breakthrough score confirms the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as the leading four-processor server on the two-tier SAP SD benchmark running the new SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application (Unicode), as of July 21, 2009 [1].

Benchmark Description

The SAP Standard Application SD Sales and Distribution Benchmark is a two-tier ERP business test that represents full business workloads of order processing and invoice processing, while demonstrating the ability to run both application and database software on a single system. The SAP Standard Application SD Benchmark represents the critical tasks performed in real-world ERP business environments.

The latest SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application (Unicode) enables seamless multilingual support, and brings extra overhead related to processing the larger character strings associated with Unicode encoding. Unicode is a computing standard that allows for the representation and manipulation of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. SAP is one of the premier worldwide ERP application providers, and maintains a suite of benchmark tests to demonstrate the performance of competitive systems on various SAP products.

Competitive Comparisons Table
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 HP ProLiant DL 585 G6 IBM System 550
Space (RU) 4 4 4
Number of Processors 4 x UltraSPARC T2 Plus 4 x AMD Opteron 8439 4 x Power 6
Number of Cores/Threads 32/256 24/24 8/16
CPU Clock Speed 1.6 GHz 2.8 GHz 5 GHz
Performance (Users) 4,720 4,665 3,752
Users per Rack Unit (Higher is Better) 1,180 1,166 938
 
Benchmark Outcome [1]

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four 1.6 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus CPUs using SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application (Unicode), posted the best four-processor result on two-tier SAP SD benchmark, supporting 4,720 benchmark users.
  • This benchmark proves that the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, running Oracle(R) Database 10g on top of the Solaris 10 OS, is well-suited to act as an enterprise-class ERP server, providing supreme levels of compute density per RU.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server surpassed the competing four-processor (8 cores/16 threads) IBM System 550 server by 26 percent with 3,752 SAP SD users.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers 30 percent more SAP benchmark users per RU when compared to the IBM System 550 server, equipped with fastest available POWER6 processors and running the AIX 6.1 OS with DB2 9.5 database.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers more SAP benchmark users, when compared to the HP Proliant DL 585 G6 server, equipped with four of the latest six-core AMD Opteron processors Model 8439 and running the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition OS.
  • This result highlights the optimal performance of Unicode-based SAP ERP applications on Sun SPARC Enterprise™ servers running the Solaris™ Operating System (OS). Unicode enables seamless multilingual support when running various SAP applications and requires a different version of the software. Sun has pioneered the usage of Unicode-based SAP software in several benchmark publications to date and has gained significant expertise in lowering the additional resource consumption normally associated with Unicode software.
  • The result also highlights the vertical consolidation capability of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server which ran both the SAP application and database software on the same physical system.

[1] Results of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 processors / 32 cores / 256 threads), Solaris 10, Oracle 10g, SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP (Unicode): 4,720 SAP SD Benchmark users; 25,830 SAPS. Fully processed order line items/hour: 516,670, Dialog steps/hour: 1,550,000, Average database request time (dialog/update): 0.110 sec / 0.169 sec, CPU utilization: 96 percent. The SAP certification number was not available at press time and can be found at http://www.sap.com/benchmark. Results of the IBM System 550 (4 processors / 8 cores / 16 threads), AIX 6.1, DB2 9.5, SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode): 3,752 SAP SAP SD Benchmark users, 20,520 SAPS. SAP certification number 2009024. Results of the HP ProLiant DL585 G6 (4 processors / 24 cores / 24 threads), SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode) results: 4,665 SAP SD Benchmark users, 25,530 SAPS. SAP certification number 2009025. Results as of July 15, 2009. For more details, see http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

(Tue, 21 July 2009)

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

A pair of Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers running the Solaris 10 OS, Oracle WebLogic Server 10g and Oracle Database Server 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 SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, with the massive scalability of Sun's chip multi-threaded (CMT) 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 SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as one of the highest performing and most efficient platform on the planet for deployment of Java application and OLTP database services.

Benchmark Description

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 percent 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, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

Top single application servers results on SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark Single Server Application Tier

Competitive Comparisons Table
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 HP DL 580 G5
Performance (SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard) 7,661.16 14,410.07
Space (RU) 4 4
Performance/RU (Higher is Better) 1,915 1,102
Average Power Consumption (Lower is Better) 1,967 W 2,260 W
Performance/Watt (Higher is Better) 3.9 2
 
Single Server Database Tier
  Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 HP DL 580 G5
Performance (SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard) 7,661.16 4,410.07
Space (RU) 4 4
Performance/RU (Higher is Better) 1,915 1,102
Average Power Consumption (Lower is Better) 1,771 W 2,260 W
Performance/Watt (Higher is Better) 4.3 2
 
Benchmark Outcome [1]

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four 1.6GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at the application tier used Solaris Containers technology to consolidate seven Oracle WebLogic application server instances while the second SPARC Enterprise T5440 server configured with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors running Oracle Database 11g with Solaris 10, supported the database tier of the benchmark. With built-in, open source, no-cost virtualization via Solaris Containers, the 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 Solaris 10 and take advantage of the performance, scalability and cost savings of the Sun's 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 SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in both application and database server roles. The 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 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 SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 74 percent better performance. On the database tier of the same benchmark, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 database server delivered 2.2x better performance per watt compare to HP DL 580 G5 server, that was deployed as a database server. Moreover, based on the average electricity cost of 13 cents per kWhr, Sun server can save over US $1,000 in annual power and HVAC bills versus the HP DL580 G5 server.
  • Running the latest versions of the Solaris 10 OS and Java Server software backed by Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 21 percent improvement over the previous 1.4GHz-based 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 2.93 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket 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 2.93 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 1.9x better performance.
  • This World record result was obtained using Sun Java SE 6 Update 14 Performance Release on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server that was running the Solaris 10 5/09 OS

[1] Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 7,661.16 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (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.

(Thu, 26 February 2009)

The Pair of Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Servers Shine on Application and Database Tiers of SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark

A pair of Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers running the Solaris 10 OS, Oracle WebLogic Server 10g and Oracle Database Server 11g on the application and database tiers, respectively, outperformed all other competitive solutions with a single application server on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark. The result of 6,334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard achieved a World Record result for all benchmark results using a single application server.

In addition to record setting performance, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server also delivered record performance per watt and the best performance per rack unit for a single Java application server. The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, with the massive scalability of Sun's chip multi-threaded (CMT) architecture, raises the bar for other application servers based on Intel Itanium2 and Intel Xeon processors.

This new record breaking score confirms the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as one of the highest performing and most efficient platform on the planet for deployment of Java application and OLTP database services.

Benchmark Description

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 percent 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, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

Top single application servers results on SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark Single Server Application Tier
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 HPrx6600 HP DL 580 G5
Performance (SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard) 6,334.86 1,266.42 4,410.07
Space (RU) 4 7 4
Performance/RU (Higher is Better) 1,584 181 1,102
Average Power Consumption (Lower is Better) 1,578 W 1,330 W 1,080 W
Power/Performance (Lower is Better) 0.25 1.05 0.25
 
Single Server Database Tier
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 HP rx8620 HP DL 580 G5
Performance (SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard) 6,334.86 1,266.42 4,410.07
Space (RU) 4 17 4
Performance/RU (Higher is Better) 1,584 74.5 1,102
Average Power Consumption (Lower is Better) 1,463 W 4,234 W 1,080 W
Power/Performance (Lower is Better) 0.25 3.34 0.25
 

Benchmark Outcome [1]

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server at the application tier used Solaris Containers technology to consolidate eight Oracle WebLogic application server instances while the second SPARC Enterprise T5440 server configured with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors running Oracle Database 11g with Solaris 10, supported the database tier of the benchmark. With built-in, open source, no-cost virtualization via Solaris Containers, the 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 Solaris 10 and take advantage of the performance, scalability and cost savings of the Sun's SPARC Enterpriseservers.
  • The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, based on the UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor was deployed at both the application and database layers of the benchmark, demonstrating 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 consumed an average of 1,578 Watts while the other SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the database tier consumed 1463 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 SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 44 percent better performance.
  • On the application tier, the four socket SPARC Enterprise T5440 delivers 5x greater performance when compared to the result of 1266.42 JOPS@Standard posted by the HP Integrity rx6600, equipped with four dual core Intel Itanium 2 processors and running the HP-UX OS. On the database tier of the same benchmark, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 database server supported the above result in less than ¼ of the physical space compared to the 17RU HP Integrity rx8920 server, that was equipped with 16 dual-core Intel Itanium 2 processors and was running HP-UX OS. Moreover, the Sun server can save over US $3,000 in annual power and HVAC bills versus the HP Integrity rx8920 server.

[1] SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 02/20/09. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 6334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run. HP rx6660 (4 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 7 RU) 1266.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. HP rx8620 (16 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 17RU). HP rx8620 power calculated as 80% of maximum theoretical power reported 02/20/09: http://docs.hp.com/en/A7026-96036/apbs02.html. HP rx6660 power calculated as 80% of max imum input power dissipation reported 02/20/09: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12596_div/12596_div.HTML#Technical%20Specifications. 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. HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 24 cores) 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. HP DL580 G5 power calculated as 90% of maximum output power reported 02/20/09: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12770_na/12770_na.html#Power%20Specifications

(Mon, 13 October 2008)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Excels on the Database Tier of the SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running the Solaris 10 OS and Oracle Database Server 11g outperformed all other competitive servers on the database tier of SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark, including systems based on the IBM Power5+, Intel Itanium2 and Intel Xeon processors.

The application tier of the benchmark was powered by a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running Oracle WebLogic Server 10g on Solaris 10 10/08, the latest version of OS. The result of 5,836.15 JOPS@Standard (Java Operations per Second) achieved on the application tier of the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark is a new World Record for all benchmark results using a single application server.

These results confirm the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as the highest performing server on the planet for deployment of secure Application and OLTP database services.

Benchmark Description

The SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 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 that exercises all parts of the underlying infrastructure that make up the application environment, including hardware, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

Single Server Database Tier, SPECjAppServer2004
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 HP rx8620 HP DL 580 G5
Space (RU) 4 17 4
Performance (SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard) 5,836.15 1,266.42 4,410.07
Performance / RU (Higher is Better) 1,459 74.5 1,102
 

Benchmark Outcome [1]

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors running Solaris 10 and the Oracle Database Server 11g was able to support another Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server at the Application tier of the benchmark in delivering a new single server World Record score of 5,836.15 JOPS@Standard (Java Operations per Second) on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark.
  • The new UltraSPARC T2 Plus-based server has been deployed at application and database layers of the benchmark demonstrating the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server's ability to perform business critical operations and act as an outstanding Oracle 11g OLTP database server, as well very capable J2EE Application server.
  • During benchmark execution the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the database tier consumed only 1550 Watts on average in a 4RU space.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 database server supported the application tier result in ¼ of the physical space compared to competition that used 17RU HP Integrity rx8920 server, equipped with sixteen dual-core Intel Itanium 2 processors and running HP-UX. Additionally, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 database server could save over US$3,000 in annual power and HVAC bills versus above mentioned HP Integrity rx8920 server.

[1] SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 5836.15 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run.
HP rx6660 (4 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 7 RU) 1266.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 24 cores) 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP rx8620 (16 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 17RU). HP rx8620 power calculated as 80% of max input power reported 10/5/08: http://docs.hp.com/en/A7026-96036/apbs02.html. 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.

(Mon, 13 October 2008)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Leads Four Processor Category on Two-Tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running the Solaris 10 OS and Oracle Database Server 10g delivered the highest four processor result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark, an industry standard measure of ERP performance. This breakthrough score outperforms systems based on IBM Power6 and Intel Itanium2 processors and confirms the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (with 4 processors, 32 cores, 256 threads) is the leading 4 socket server in the SAP SD 2-tier benchmark.

Benchmark Description

The SAP Standard Application SD Sales and Distribution Benchmark is a two-tier ERP business test that represents full business workloads of order processing and invoice processing, while demonstrating the ability to run both the application and database software on a single system. The SAP Standard Application SD Benchmark represents the critical tasks performed in real-world ERP business environments.

SAP is one of the premier worldwide ERP application providers, and maintains a suite of benchmark tests to demonstrate the performance of competitive systems on various SAP products.

Competitive Comparisons Table
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 IBM p570 (Power6) HP rx6600 IBM p 550 (Power6)
Space (RU) 4 8 7 4
Performance (Users) 7,520 4,010 1,725 3,104
Users per Rack Unit (Higher is Better) 1,880 501 246 776
 

Benchmark Outcome [1]

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus CPUs, posted the best four processor result on SAP SD 2-Tier benchmark, supporting 7,520 users. Additionally, Sun's server is the first quad-processor system to exceed 37,000 SAPS, the hardware-independent metric that describes the performance of a system configuration in the SAP environment, all while maintaining the best Rack Unit to Users ratio.
  • Additionally, this benchmark proves that the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, running Oracle Database 10g Server on top of the Solaris 10 OS, the most reliable OS in the industry, is well-suited to act as an enterprise class OLTP database server, providing supreme levels of compute density.
  • The result also highlights the vertical consolidation capability of the new server which ran both the SAP application and Oracle Database on the same physical system.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with four 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors shows 1.8x better scalability over a SPARC Enterprise T5240 server with two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors and a 3.45x improvement over a single socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server equipped with a single 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 processor.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers almost twice the number of users in half the space, when compared to the IBM p570 server, equipped with four dual-core 4.7GHz Power6 processors and running AIX 5.3 OS.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers 7.5x more users per RU when compared to the HP rx6600, equipped with four dual-core Itanium2 processors and running the Windows Server Enterprise Edition 2003 OS.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers 2.4x more users per RU when compared to the IBM p550 server, equipped with four Power6 processors and running AIX 5.3 OS.

[1] SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. Results of two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmarks as of October 10, 2008: SPARC Enterprise Model T5440 (4 processors / 32 cores /256 threads, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, 1.4 GHz) running Solaris 10, Oracle 10g and the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 (2005) - 7,520 SAP SD benchmark users, Cert#2008058. SPARC Enterprise Model T5240 (2 processors / 16 cores / 128 threads, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, 1.4 GHz) running Solaris 10, Oracle 10g and the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 (2005) - 4,170 SAP SD benchmark users, Cert#2008021. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 (1x1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 processor, 8 cores, 64 threads) running Solaris 10, Oracle 10g and the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 (2005) - 2,175 SAP SD benchmark users, Cert#200705. IBM System p550 (4 x 4.2 GHz POWER6 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) running DB2, Red Hat EL 5. SAP ECC Release 6.0 - 3,104 SD benchmark users, 15,630 SAPS, 1.91 sec avg response time, Certification number 2008002. IBM System p 570 (4-way, 4 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) 4 x 4.7 GHz POWER6+, 64GB memory, 4010 SD Benchmark users, 1.96s avg resp time, Cert#2007038, Oracle 10g, AIX 5L Version 5.3. IBM p 570 (8RU in 2 building blocks). HP rx6600 (4 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) 4 x 1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Itanium, 64GB memory, 1725 SAP SD Benchmark users, 1.93 sec avg response time, Cert#2007040, MS SQL Server 2005, MS Windows 2003 EE.

(Mon, 13 October 2008)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Posts Top Four Processor Score on Enterprise Java Benchmark

Pairing the most stable Java implementation on the market with the industry's most efficient multi-socket CMT platform propels the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server to the top spot in 4 processor category in this Java-based Enterprise benchmark. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors delivered a world record quad CPU result of 692,736 SPECjbb2005 BOPS, surpassing the nearest competing four processor system by 36 percent and beating almost all eight processor systems. These results confirm the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server 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 number of SPECjbb2005 bops (Business Operations per Second) and SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM (bops per JVM instance).

Competitive Comparisons Table
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 IBM Power 560 Express HP rx6600 IBM Power 570
Space (RU) 4 8 7 8
Number of CPUs 4 8 4 4
Power Consumption (Watts) 1,525 1,920 1,330 2,240
Performance (SPECjbb2005 bops) 692,736 593,904 158,174 402,923
Performance / Watt 454 309 119 180
Performance / RU 173,183 74,238 22,596 50,365
 

Benchmark Outcome [1]

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz delivered a new SPECjbb2005 World Record result for all systems with four processors, achieving unprecedented scores of 692,736 SPECjbb2005 bops and 21,648 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM in a 4U of rack space.
  • 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 of 256 threads available in four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors that power the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, allowing customers to deploy breakaway services with higher levels of scalability and efficiency than ever before possible.
  • Compared to the IBM Power 570 server, equipped with four dual core 4.7GHz Power6 processors and running AIX 5.3, the quad processor Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers more than 72 percent better throughput in half the space, while consuming about 50 percent less power.
  • Compared to the new IBM Power 560 Express server, with double the number of CPUs of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, (eight dual-core 3.6 Ghz Power6 processors), the four processor Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered 17 percent better performance and 47 percent better power/performance in half; the physical space.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, running the Solaris 10 OS, demonstrated 4.4x better performance than the HP rx6600 server with four 1.6GHz Intel Itanium2 chips, and delivered 3.5x better power/performance in almost half the space of the HP server.
  • Compared to the best published eight CPU result posted by an IBM Power 570 equipped with eight dual core 4.7GHz Power6 processors and running AIX 6.1, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with only four CPUs delivers 85 percent of the performance of the larger server in a quarter of the space at only 17 percent of the cost with 5.8x higher performance per watt. This means that a customer can acquire five Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers for the price of one IBM Power 570 server.
  • To match the performance of six Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark, it would take about five IBM Power 570 servers equipped with eight dual core 4.7GHz Power6 processors. Customers that choose Sun's newest servers will save a mind-boggling US$95,500 per year in power and cooling costs alone.

[1] SPEC, SPECjbb reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores) 692,736 SPECjbb2005 bops, 21,648 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. Results submitted to SPEC. IBM Power 560 (8 chips, 16 cores) 593,904 SPECjbb2005 bops, 74,238 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. Power 560 information is from "Model 8234-EMA server specifications" available at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss - search for Power 560. IBM Power 570 (4 chips, 8 cores) 402,642 SPECjbb2005 bops, 100,731 SPECjbb2005 ops/JVM. HP rx6600 (4 x1.6 GHz Intel Itanium2 chips, 8 cores) 158,174 SPECjbb2005 bops, 39,544 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. IBM Power 570 (8x4.2GHz Power6 chips, 16 cores, 128 GB RAM) 798,752 SPECjbb2005 bops, SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 99,844
IBM Power 570 pricing based on competitive intelligence and from: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS108-722&appname=USN
IBM Power 560 (2 building blocks) power specifications calculated as 80% of maximum input power (2,400W) reported on 10/5/08. IBM Power 570 (2 building blocks) power specifications calculated as 80% of maximum input power reported 10/5/08 in "Facts and Features Report": ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/pm/br/n/psb01628usen/PSB01628USEN.PDF HP rx6660 power calculated as 80% of max input power dissipation reported 10/5/08: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12596_div/12596_div.HTML#Technical%20Specifications
Power 560 information is from "Model 8234-EMA server specifications" available at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss - search for Power 560. The power ratingfor the Power 560 is 2,400W. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run.
Estimated HVAC costs calculated as 100% premium over Power Usage per Year (based on global average of $0.13/kWhr gathered from the World Energy Organization.

(Mon, 13 October 2008)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server is the Most Powerful Four Processor System on Compute-Intensive Throughput Tests

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is the first CMT server to scale to address traditional midrange applications. Four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz combined with the advanced features of Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun Studio 12 software, enabled Sun's new CoolThreads server to deliver unprecedented levels of compute performance with world record-setting four processor integer and floating point throughput scores.

Benchmark Description

The SPEC CPU2006 benchmark provides a broad variety of workloads and better real-world applicability of the 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.

Competitive Comparisons Table (best 4 processors results)
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 SPARC T2 Plus IBM p 570 Power6 HP DL580 G5 Xeon X7460 (6-core) HP DL585 G5 Opteron 8360SE (4-core) HP rx6600 Itanium 2
SPECint_rate2006 301 243 291 199 102
SPECfp_rate2006 230 216 156 170 71.4
 

Benchmark Outcome [1]

  • Surpassing competing quad-processor systems from HP and IBM, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors posted four processor world records on both the integer and floating-point throughput suites of the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark.
  • On the integer-intensive throughput tests, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered 24 percent higher performance than the quad-processor POWER6-based IBM System p 570 server, and up to 2.4x more performance than the HP Integrity rx6600 server with four Itanium2 processors.
  • On the floating point-intensive throughput tests, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered 47 percent higher performance than the quad-processor HP DL 580 G5 server equipped with the latest six-core Intel Xeon CPUs. Sun's server also outran the HP Integrity rx6600 server with four Itanium2 processors by 2.4x.
  • In addition, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered a four-processor world record score of 212 on the SPECfp_rate_base2006 suite 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 SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, powered by four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors, delivers 1.9x of the integer and the floating point throughput performance of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server, the dual-socket system powered by the same CMT processors. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server 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.

[1] SPEC, SPECint, SPCfp and SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08. Sun results submitted to SPEC for review.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 x UltraSPARC-T2+ chips, 32 cores, 256 threads) SPECint_rate2006 - 301, SPECfp_rate2006 - 230, SPECompL_base2001 - 208,492.IBM POWER6: IBM p 570 = 4 x Dual Core POWER6 processors @ 4.7GHz / 32BM L3 cache per processor, 32GB, AIX 5.3. SPECint_rate2006 - 243, SPECfp_rate2006 - 216. Intel Xeon: IBM System x3850 M2, 4x Xeon X7460, 24 core, 64 GB memory, SLES 10. SPECint_rate2006 - 294, SPECfp_rate2006 - 156. AMD Opteron: HP DL 585 G5, 4 x Opteron 8360SE, 16 cores, 64GB, SLES 10. SPECint_rate2006 - 199, SPECfp_rate2006 - 170. Intel Itanium: HP Integrity rx6600, 4x Itanium2 1.6GHz, 24 GB memory, HPUX11i. SPECint_rate2006 - 102, SPECfp_rate2006 - 71.4.

(Mon, 13 October 2008)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Supports 14,000 Concurrent Users Running Oracle's Siebel CRM 8.0 and Oracle Database 10g

The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server has claimed the world record on the Siebel PSPP benchmark that is designed to stress systems running Siebel CRM software, one of the most widely used CRM applications. The unprecedented result of 14,000 active Siebel benchmark users was set on a single SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with Sun Java System Web server, Siebel CRM Application Servers and Oracle Database software using Solaris Containers.

Benchmark Description

Siebel CRM 8.0 Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP) is a multi-tier benchmark that simulates the real-world requirements of a large organization consisting of thousands of users simultaneously accessing a call center from multiple departments.

 

Benchmark Outcome

  • A single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors) set a new world record using Siebel's standard Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP) benchmark suite with Siebel CRM 8.0 Industry Applications and Oracle Database 10g R2 running on Solaris 10 using Solaris Containers.
  • The benchmark demonstrates that the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server provides the highest performance and the most cost-effective business solution for Siebel CRM applications. This breakthrough score was achieved via the powerful combination of Oracle's Siebel CRM Release 8.0 industry applications, Oracle Database 10g and Sun Java System Web server running on the industry-leading, free and open Solaris 10 OS.
  • The Solaris 10 OS and CMT-based servers prove to be the best combination for scalability and resource utilization in the datacenter, giving users a consistent response time and room for future growth on critical applications.
  • The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server proves to be the most energy and space efficient server in the industry consuming only 1,276 watts during the benchmark in only four rack units.
  • The benchmark demonstrates that an entire Siebel CRM solution can run on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server and serve 14,000 concurrent users with a rate of 200,137 business transactions per hour.
  • The result of 14,000 active Siebel benchmark users was achieved on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors that were using Solaris Containers, zero cost virtualization solution available in the Solaris 10 OS.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is capable of supporting 3,500 concurrent users per RU and provides an ideal platform for customers to consolidate their application, database and Web serving software on a single system using Sun's no-cost virtualization technologies. This approach replaces the traditional need for up to three physical systems to accommodate a multi-tier architecture. In addition to simplifying management, it reduces space and power consumption, thereby providing huge savings on the overall solution.

(Mon, 13 October 2008)

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440: Fastest Single Application Server in the World

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running the Solaris 10 OS and Oracle Database Server 11g outperformed all other competitive servers on the database tier of SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark, including systems based on the IBM Power5+, Intel Itanium2 and Intel Xeon processors.

The application tier of the benchmark was powered by a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running Oracle WebLogic Server 10g on Solaris 10 10/08, the latest version of OS. The result of 5,836.15 JOPS@Standard (Java Operations per Second) achieved on the application tier of the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark is a new World Record for all benchmark results using a single application server.

These results confirm the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as the highest performing server on the planet for deployment of secure Application and OLTP database services.

Benchmark Description

The SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 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 that exercises all parts of the underlying infrastructure that make up the application environment, including hardware, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

Single Server Database Tier, SPECjAppServer2004
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 HPrx2660 HP DL 580 G5
Space (RU) 4 7 4
Performance (SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard) 5,836.15 1,266.42 4,410.07
Performance / RU (Higher is Better) 1,459 181 1,102
 

Benchmark Outcome [1]

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors and running the Oracle WebLogic Server with the Solaris 10 OS obtained a new world record score of 5,836.15 JOPS@Standard (Java Operations per Second) for all SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark results with a single physical application server system.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server configured with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors running Oracle Database 11g with Solaris 10 10/08, the forthcoming update to the Solaris 10 OS, supported the database tier of the benchmark.
  • The new UltraSPARC T2 Plus-based server has been deployed at the Application and Database layers of the benchmark demonstrating the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server's 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.
  • With built-in, open source, no-cost virtualization via Solaris Containers, the 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 Solaris 10 and take advantage of the performance, scalability and cost savings of the new SPARC Enterprise CMT-based servers. To achieve this ground-breaking benchmark result, Solaris Containers technology was used to consolidate seven Oracle WebLogic Server instances on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server.
  • During benchmark execution the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the Application tier consumed an average of 1,550 Watts in 4RUs.
  • Compared to the result of 4,410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard posted by HP DL580 G5 server, equipped with four 6-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 32 percent better performance.
  • Compared to the result of 3339.94 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard posted by HP DL580 G5 server, equipped with four 4-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 75 percent better performance.
  • Compared to the result of 1266.42 JOPS@Standard posted by HP Integrity rx6600, equipped with four of the latest dual core Intel Itanium2 processors and running HP-UX, the four socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 delivers over 4.6x higher performance.

[1] SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 5836.15 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run.
HP rx6660 (4 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 7 RU) 1266.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 24 cores) 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 16 cores) 3330.94 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.

(Mon, 13 October 2008)

World Record 4 Processor Performance on Industry-Standard HPC Benchmark

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors, running the Solaris 10 OS and Sun Studio 12 software delivered a new world record for systems with four or fewer chips with a SPECompL2001 result of 235,655.

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 [1]

  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor delivered a 32 cores/4 chips/255 threads world record SPECompL2001 result of 235,655 for systems with four or fewer processors.
  • The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor also delivered the best 32 cores/4 chips/255 threads SPECompL_base2001 result of 208,492 for systems with four or fewer processors. 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.
  • Compared to other commodity systems built with x86 processors and using 'base' metrics to reflect out-of-the-box type of deployments, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 system equipped with 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors delivered more than 1.4x the performance of a four socket 2.5GHz AMD Opteron 8360SE-based system that posted a SPECompL_base2001 score of 146,796. Additionally, Sun's server delivered more than 2.5x the performance of a four socket 2.93GHz Intel Xeon X7350-based system that posted a SPECompL_base2001 score of 82,487.

[1] SPEC and SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08. Sun results submitted to SPEC for review.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 x UltraSPARC-T2+ chips, 32 cores, 256 threads) SPECompL_base2001 - 208,492. Supermicro X7QC3 (4 x Intel Xeon X7350, 16 cores, 16 threads): SPECompL_base2001 - 82,487. Tyan Thunder n425QE (S4985E) (4xQuad-Core AMD Opteron processor 8360 SE, 16 cores, 16 threads): SPECompL_base2001 - 146,796

SPEC

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers. SPEC develops suites of benchmarks and also reviews and publishes submitted results from their member organizations and other benchmark licensees.

TPC

The TPC is a non-profit corporation founded to define transaction processing and database benchmarks and to disseminate objective, verifiable TPC performance data to the industry via transaction processing and database oriented benchmarks.

SAP

SAP Standard Application Benchmarks test and prove the scalability of mySAP Business Suite. The benchmark results provide basic sizing recommendations for customers by testing new hardware, system software components, and Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS). They also allow for the comparison of different system configurations. The benchmarking procedure is standardized and well defined. It is monitored by the SAP Benchmark Council made up of representatives of SAP and technology partners involved in benchmarking. The SAP Standard Application Benchmarks can also be used to test and verify scalability, concurrency and multi-user behavior of system software components, RDBMS, and business applications. All performance data relevant to system, user, and business applications are monitored during a benchmark run and can be used to compare platforms and as basic input for sizing recommendations.

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