Oracle Delivers World Record x86 Performance on Industry Standard Java
Middleware and Transactional Database Benchmarks
Oracle’s Software and Sun x86 Servers Outperform IBM’s Best Comparable Results
Redwood Shores, Calif. – March 29, 2012
News Facts
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Today, Oracle announced two x86 world record benchmark results
delivered by its industry-leading software and hardware, demonstrating
the superior performance of the Oracle stack.
An x86 world record result was achieved on the SPECjEnterprise2010
benchmark, with Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, the #1 application server
across conventional and cloud environments; Oracle Database 11g Release
2; running Oracle Linux on Oracle’s Sun Fire X4800 M2 server(1). This single
node world record outstrips the best IBM single node result, delivering
1.63 times more performance(2).
An x86 world record TPC-C benchmark result was set with the Sun Fire
X4800 M2 server, running Oracle Linux with the Unbreakable Enterprise
Kernel Release 2, Oracle Tuxedo, and Oracle Database 11g Release 2(3),
beating the best x86 results from IBM(4) and HP(5) by 1.6 and 2.8 times
respectively.
Oracle’s x86-Based Solutions Deliver Industry-Best Performance for Enterprise
Workloads
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SPECjEnterprise2010, x86 System and Single Node World Record: In this
benchmark, which is based on real-world Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP), manufacturing and supply chain management business cases,
Oracle achieved both a single node and an x86 world record result of
27,150 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS (SPECjEnterprise Operations Per
Second).
The middle tier of Oracle’s solution was running Oracle Fusion Middleware
and consisted of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c and Java HotSpot 64-Bit
Server VM version 7 update 2, the industry-leading Java Virtual Machine,
running on top of the Sun Fire X4800 M2 server.
At the database tier, Oracle’s Sun Fire X4470 M2 server running Oracle
Database 11g Release 2, had data files distributed across four of Oracle’s
Sun Storage F5100 Flash Arrays and log files placed on two of Oracle’s
Sun Storage 2540 M2 arrays.
Compared to IBM’s best single node result using POWER7 processors,
Oracle’s solution delivered higher performance per processor across the
configuration. At the application tier, Oracle’s configuration was 1.63 times
faster with over 5 times better performance per rack unit, while server
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hardware had a calculated price/performance advantage of 14 times over
IBM Power 780(2).
Oracle WebLogic Server, running on Oracle’s most powerful Sun Fire
server, now holds the x86 world record and a single node world record, in
addition to holding the overall world record result on the
SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark(6).
TPC-C x86 World Record: On this industry-standard benchmark, the
popular yardstick for comparing OLTP performance on various hardware
and software configurations, Oracle achieved 5,055,888 transactions per
minute (tpmC) with a price/performance of $.89/tpmC.
The Sun Fire X4800 M2 server, equipped with eight Intel® Xeon® E78870 processors and 4TB of Samsung’s Green DDR3 memory, running
Oracle Database 11g, was 1.67 times faster than the best DB2 result
running on IBM’s x86 server(4).
The Sun Fire X4800 M2 server, using Sun Storage F5100 Flash Arrays for
database storage, surpassed HP’s best published x86 score with the
Proliant DL580 G7 server, running Microsoft SQL Server, by 2.8 times(5).
Oracle Database 11g now holds the TPC-C performance world record for
all x86 systems, as well as the overall world record(7).
Supporting Quote
 "These benchmark results demonstrate the outstanding performance of
the Oracle stack -- industry leading software running on state of the art
x86 servers, along with networking and storage components. Customers
can be confident that with Oracle’s complete technology stack, they have
the best solution for running their Java applications and enterprise OLTP
workloads,” said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology,
Oracle.
Supporting Resources
 Oracle Benchmarks
 Oracle’s Sun Fire X4470 M2 and Sun Fire X4800 M2 servers
 Oracle WebLogic Server 12c
 Oracle Database 11g
 Oracle Linux blog, Twitter, Facebook
 Oracle Optimized Solutions
 Oracle InfraRed blog, LinkedIn, Facebook
 White paper: Reducing Total Cost of Ownership Through Vertical Integration
About Oracle
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your data center. For more information about Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), visit
www.oracle.com.
Trademarks
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. TPC-C,
QphH are trademarks of the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPC).
SPEC and the benchmark name SPECjEnterprise are registered trademarks of
the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Other names may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
As of March 28, 2012: Source: Transaction Processing Performance Council
(TPC), www.tpc.org. Results from www.spec.org as of March 28, 2012.
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World Record x86 SPECjEnterprise2010 result: Oracle WebLogic Server
12c and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle Linux running on a Sun Fire
X4800 M2 server(5U) with eight Intel Xeon E7-8870 2.4 GHz processors, (80
cores, 8 chips, 10 cores/chip, 2 threads/core) 27,150.05 SPECjEnterprise2010
EjOPS.
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The Application tier cost of acquisition for Sun Fire X4800 M2 server with
Oracle Linux is $148,490.40 or $5.47/SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS. Oracle
pricing includes support and was obtained from https://shop.oracle.com/ on
3/20/2012. Price for Sun Fire X4800 M2 server in Large Configuration
($148,804.00) was adjusted to reflect the actual amount of RAM and additional
PCIe devices used in benchmark that were disclosed via Bill of Materials. IBM
WebSphere Application Server V7 on IBM Power 780 and DB2 9.7 on IBM
Power 750 Express 16,646.34 SPECjEnterprise2010EjOPS. The Application tier
cost of acquisition for IBM Power 780 (3.86GHz Power7, 512GB RAM, AIX 7.1)
was calculated by Oracle to be $1,297,956 or $77.97/SPECjEnterprise2010
EjOPS. IBM system pricing does not include any discounts or maintenance costs
and was obtained from the publicly available document:
http://c970058.r58.cf2.rackcdn.com/fdr/tpch/TPC-H_1TB_IBM780_SybaseFDR.pdf, adjusted to license 64 cores (w/o TurboCore). AIX 7.1 pricing is from
http://www-304.ibm.com/easyaccess3/fileserve?contentid=214347.
$77.97/$5.47=14.25x, rounded down to 14x. Oracle app. tier configuration
occupies 5U of space, 27,150/5=5430 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS/U. IBM app.
tier configuration occupies 16U of space, 16,646.34/16=1040
SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS/RU. 5430/1040=5.22x, round nearest 5x.
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Best x86 TPC-C result: Oracle Sun Fire X4800 M2 server (8 chips/80
cores/160 threads) - 5,055,888 tpmC, US$.89/tpmC, available 06/26/12.
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IBM System x3850 X5 (4 chips/40 cores/80 threads) - 3,014,684 tpmC,
US$.59/tpmC, available 09/22/11.
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HP ProLiant DL580 G7 (4 chips/32 cores/64 threads), 1,807,347 tpmC,
US$.49/tpmC, available 10/15/10.
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World Record SPECjEnterprise2010 result: Oracle WebLogic Server 11g
and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle Real Application Clusters and
Oracle Solaris running on a four-node SPARC T4-4 cluster, each system with
four SPARC T4 3GHz processors, 40,104.86 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS.
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Overall World Record TPC-C result: 27-node SPARC T3-4 Cluster with
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Enterprise Edition with Real Application Clusters
and Partitioning, 30,249,688 tpmC, $1.01/tpmC, Available 6/1/11
Contact Info
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Oracle
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Oracle
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