Oracle Achieves World Record Result with SPECjEnterprise2010
Benchmark
Oracle Software and Hardware Deliver 2.4 Times More Performance than IBM
Redwood Shores, Calif. – September 26, 2010
News Facts
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Today, Oracle announced that Oracle WebLogic Server 11g, a component
of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, together with Oracle Database 11g
Release 2 running on Oracle Solaris, the #1 enterprise operating system
and Oracle’s new SPARC T4-4 servers achieved an overall world record
result, in addition to setting the highest result ever achieved with a
clustered database, with the industry-standard SPECjEnterprise2010
benchmark (1).
Oracle’s SPARC T4 servers, announced today, are available as 1-, 2- and
4-socket servers or as a single socket blade server module and are based
on the new SPARC T4 processor which features higher clock speeds and
a smarter core layout optimized for both throughput and single threaded
processing.
This benchmark result delivers 2.4 times more performance than IBM,
shattering their best result achieved on POWER7-based servers running
IBM WebSphere and DB2 database (2), showcasing the outstanding
performance and scalability of the entire Oracle stack, from web server
software to storage hardware.
Compared to IBM’s best result, this world record also demonstrates the
outstanding performance of the new SPARC T4 processor that delivers 20
percent more work per processor than POWER7 across the configuration.
Comparing application server hardware, Oracle’s solution delivers 6.7
times better price/performance with nearly two times better performance
per rack unit over IBM’s solution (1,2).
Benchmark Details
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Oracle’s record-breaking configuration, powered by SPARC T4 3 GHz
processors, included an application tier with a four-node SPARC T4-4
cluster running Oracle WebLogic Server 11g, and database tier with
Oracle Database 11g with Oracle Real Application Clusters running on a
two-node SPARC T4-4 cluster with eight Sun Storage F5100 Flash
Arrays, achieved 40,104.86 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS (jEnterprise
Operations Per Second).
Oracle's solution used Oracle Solaris with Oracle Solaris Containers,
demonstrating its ability to consolidate workloads with extreme efficiency,
in this case running 16 instances of Oracle WebLogic Server Standard
Edition Release 10.3.5 and Java HotSpot 64-Bit Server VM, the industryleading Java Virtual Machine.
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This world record result demonstrates that SPARC T4 servers running
Oracle Solaris with Oracle Solaris Containers are designed for every tier in
the enterprise, from web to database, excelling on mission-critical single
threaded and highly concurrent workloads and enabling customers to
consolidate multiple applications on a single server.
Oracle’s WebLogic Server continues to hold the overall world record and
the highest result using a clustered database (1) and the best 2-processor
system benchmark in addition to delivering the highest performance per
core (3) and per processor (4) of any result ever published on
SPECjEnterprise 2010 benchmark.
SPECjEnterprise2010 is a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE)based industry standard benchmark, which tests an end-to-end
technology infrastructure that includes server hardware, Java Virtual
Machine (JVM), database, operating system, storage and network
subsystems.
For the past decade, Oracle has consistently produced record-setting
Java application server benchmarks across a broad range of hardware
architectures and operating systems (5,6). For more information on
Oracle’s leading results, visit: http://www.oracle.com/benchmarks.
Supporting Quote
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“With this benchmark result, Oracle’s complete stack once again raises
the performance bar for the industry and enables customers to build more
powerful solutions for running enterprise Java applications,” said Juan
Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle.
“Demonstrating world-record performance with the latest SPARC T4based hardware is proof of Oracle’s continued innovation and drive to
provide complete, open and integrated solutions that help our customers
better run their businesses.”
Supporting Resources
 Oracle Fusion Middleware
 Oracle WebLogic Server
 Oracle Database
 Oracle Solaris
 SPARC T4 Servers
 Oracle Storage
 Oracle Benchmarks
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Other
SPEC, SPECjEnterprise are registered trademarks of Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation. All results from www.spec.org as of September 24, 2011:
1. Oracle WebLogic Server 11g and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle
Real Application Clusters and Oracle Solaris running on a four-node SPARC T44 cluster, each system with four SPARC T4 3GHz processors, 40,104.86
SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS: (World Record SPECjEnterprise2010 result. 1,671
SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS performance per processor across the
configuration). SPECjEnterprise2010 models contemporary Java-based
applications that run on large JEE (Java Enterprise Edition) servers, backed by
network infrastructure and database servers. The Application tier cost of
acquisition for four SPARC T4-4 servers with Solaris 10 is $467,856 or
$11.67/SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS. Oracle pricing from
https://shop.oracle.com/ on 9/26/11. SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS:
40,104.86/16,646.34 = 2.4
2. WebSphere Application Server V7 on IBM Power 780 and DB2 on IBM Power
750 Express, 16,646.34 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS (Best IBM
SPECjEnterprise2010 result. 1,387 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS performance
per processor across the configuration). The Application tier cost of acquisition
for IBM Power 780 (3.86GHz Power7, 512GB RAM, AIX 7.1) is $1,297,956 or
$77.97/SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS. IBM system pricing is from
http://tpc.org/results/FDR/TPCH/TPC-H_1TB_IBM780_Sybase-FDR.pdf,
adjusted to license 64 cores (w/o TurboCore). AIX 7.1 pricing is from http://www304.ibm.com/easyaccess3/fileserve?contentid=214347 on 9/23/11.
$77.97/$11.67=6.7x. Oracle app. tier configuration occupies 20RU of space,
40,104.86/20=2005 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS/RU. IBM app. tier configuration
occupies 16RU of space, 16,646.34/16=1040 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS/RU.
2005/1040=1.93x round nearest 2x
3. Oracle WebLogic Server 11g and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle
Linux running on a Sun Blade X6270 M2 Server with two Intel Xeon X5690 3.4
GHz processors, 5,427 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS: Aug 10 2011 (Best 2processor system benchmark result and highest performance per core).
4. Oracle WebLogic Server 11g and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle
Linux running on a Dell PowerEdge 910 server with four, ten-core Intel® Xeon®
processor E7-4870 2.4 GHz processors, 11,946.60 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS
(“best in class” SPECjEnterprise2010 result for a four processor system. Highest
EjOPS per processor: 2986.65 EjOPS per processor).
5. Oracle WebLogic Server 11g on five-node Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440
cluster each with four 8-core UltraSPARC T2 Plus 1.6 GHz processors,
28,648.74 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard. (World Record
SPECjAppServer2004 multi-node result – SPECJAppServer2004 is a retired
benchmark.)
6. Fujitsu-Siemens Computers' PRIMEPOWER 450/2500, Oracle Application
Server 10g: 5,991.73 TOPS@MultipleNode, 654.20 Euros TOPS@MultipleNode
(Best Overall Performance Result, SPECjAppServer2002 benchmark –
SPECjAppServer2002 is a retired benchmark).
Contact Info
Teri Whitaker
Oracle
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teri.whitaker@oracle.com
Michelle Jenkins
Oracle
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michelle.jenkins@oracle.com