The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server runs Solaris 10 OS to maximize utilization of your assets and optimized for 24x7 mission critical computing. Ideal for large shared memory applications and business process computing such as ERP, BIDW, and OLTP. It also gives you a long, highly scalable SPARC growth path.
(Mon, 14 July 2008)
Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server Powered by the New 2.52 GHz SPARC64 VII Processor Tops IBM Power 570 System on Java Business Benchmark
On SPECjbb2005 benchmark, the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server achieved 817,158 SPECjbb2005 bops, beating the IBM Power 570 result of 798,752 SPECjbb2005 bops.
Benchmark Description
SPECjbb2005 (Java Business Benchmark) measures the performance of a Java implemented application tier (server-side Java). The 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).
Benchmark Outcome [1]
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server obtained a result of of 817,158 Business Operations per Second, beating the best IBM Power 570 result by 2%.
Compared to the previously posted score, the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server equipped with the new 2.52 GHz SPARC64 VII processors and powered by the latest version of the Sun HotSpot JVM running on Solaris 10 OS improved its SPECjbb2005 benchmark result by 86%.
[1] SPEC, SPECjbb reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. All results as of 07/01/08 on www.spec.org. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server: 440,207 SPECjbb2005 bops, 27,513 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM (16 JVM). IBM Power 570: 798,752 SPECjbb2005 bops, 99,844 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM (8 JVM). Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server with SPARC64 VII 2.52 GHz processor results of 817158 SPECjbb2005 bops, 51,072 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM (16 JVM) submitted to SPEC.
(Mon, 14 July 2008)
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server Delivered Two Floating-Point World Record Results on Industry-Standard SPECfp2006 Benchmark
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server powered by the quad-core 2.52GHz SPARC64 VII processors and running Sun Studio 12 on the top of Solaris 10 OS, delivered two floating-point World Record results on industry-standard SPECfp2006 benchmark for both Optimized and Base tests.
Benchmark Description
The SPECfp2006 is the suite of SPEC CPU2006 benchmark that measures compute-intensive floating point performance of CPU by executing the benchmark workload as either a single thread or automatic compiled parallel run. This measure is further defined by Base and Optimized runs. Base uses the same compiler flags for all kernels, while Optimized runs use different compiler flags for each kernel. Results are compared against a baseline system run that was standardized by SPEC.
Benchmark Outcome [1]
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 system powered by the 2.52GHz SPARC64 VII processor delivered a world record result of 28.8 on the SPECfp2006 benchmark.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server running SPARC64 VII processors at 2.52GHz beat the 5.0GHz POWER6 based IBM Power 595 system by 19% running SPECfp2006, while costing less.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 system powered by the 2.52GHz SPARC64 VII processor delivered a world record result of 25.0 on the SPECfp_base2006 benchmark.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server running SPARC64 VII processors at 2.52GHz beat the 5.0GHz POWER6 based IBM Power 595 system by 24% running SPECfp2006, while costing less.
[1] SPEC, SPECfp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 07/10/08 and this announcement. Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server(SPARC64 VII 2.5GHz) 28.8 SPECfp2006, 25.8 SPECfp_base2006. IBM Power 595 (POWER6 5.0GHz) 24.9 SPECfp2006, 20.1 SPECfp_base2006.
(Fri, 13 July 2007)
Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server Beats Both the POWER6-Based IBM p570 Server and the Itanium 2-based HP rx8640 Server on Prominent HPC Benchmark
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server, based on SPARC64 VI processors running at 2.4GHz (16 chips, 32 cores), and using Sun Studio 12 software with Solaris 10 OS, delivered a score of 268.6 GFLOPS on the Linpack HPC benchmark. This score outperforms the best published IBM p570 score of 239.4 GFLOPS (POWER6@4.7GHz, 8 chips, 16 cores) by over 12% and beats the HP rx8640 result of 192.4 GFLOPS (Itanium 2@1.6GHz/24MB, 16 chips, 32 cores) system by 40%. [1]
[1] Linpack HPC, results from http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/index.html as of 07/13/07.
(Tue, 17 April 2007)
Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 32-Thread Leader on SPECompM2001 Benchmark
The Sun SPARC Enterprise 8000 running at 2.28 GHz tops all results at 32 threads for the SPECompM2001 benchmark. This beats the best IBM result by 31% and the IBM p5 560Q Red Hat 4 solution by 67%. [1]
[1] SPECjbb2005 Sun Fire M8000 (16 chips, 32 cores, 2.4 GHz) 440,207 SPECjbb2005 bops, 27,513 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM submitted for review, IBM eServer p5 570 (8 chips, 16 cores, 2.2 GHz) 326,651 SPECjbb2005 bops, 40,831 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. SPEC, SPECjbb reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results as of 04/17/07 on www.spec.org.
(Tue, 17 April 2007)
Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Sets new SAP-SD World Record!
The 16-way Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 (16 processors, 32 cores, 64 threads) with 2.4 GHz SPARC64 VI processors achieved 7,300 users on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard SAP ERP 2005 application benchmark. This is a World Record for systems with 16 or fewer processors as of 04/16/07, beating the16-way IBM p-570 (16 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads) by 32% and the 16-way HP Integrity Superdome (16 processors, 32 cores, 64 threads) by 30%. [1]
[1] SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard SAP ERP 2004/2005 application benchmark: Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 (16-way, 16 processors, 32 cores, 64 threads) 7,300 users, 16 2.40 GHz SPARC64 VI, 256 GB, Oracle 10g, Solaris 10, Cert. 2007026, Sun Fire E6900 (24-way, 24 processors, 48 cores, 48 threads) 6,160 users, 24 1950 MHz UltraSPARC IV+, 96 GB, Oracle 10g, Solaris 10, Cert 2007023. HP Integrity Superdome-16 (16-way, 16 processors, 32 cores, 64 threads), 5,600 users, 16 1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 9050, 256 GB, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, Cert. 2006090; IBM p5 570 (16-way, 16 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads), 5,520 users, 16 2.2 GHz POWER5+, 128 GB, DB2 UDB 8.2.2, AIX 5.3, Cert. 2006044; IBM p5 595 (64-way, 64 processors, 64 cores, 128 threads), 23,456 users, 64 2.3 GHz POWER5+, 512 GB, DB2 9, AIX 5.3, Cert. 2006045. SAP, R/3, mySAP reg TM of SAP AG in Germany and other countries. More info www.sap.com/benchmark.
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