SPECjAppServer2004 World Record Single-Application server Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 and a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 (Oracle database server)

Thursday Oct 11, 2007

The Sun UltraSPARC T2 processor provides fast performance at both the Oracle database tier and the java application tier. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 server delivered a World Record result of 2000.92 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard for a single application server system. This result used a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Application Server (single UltraSPARC T2 1.4GHz) and a Sun T5120 Server Database System (single UltraSPARC T2 1.2GHz).

This benchmark used the Oracle Application Server 10g Release 10.1.3.3 - Java Edition and Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3. This benchmark result proves that the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 and T5120 servers using the UltraSPARC T2 processor perform as oustanding J2EE application servers as well as an Oracle 10G OLTP database server.

The Sun T5220 server consumed an average of 468 Watts and the Sun T5120 consumed an average of 388 Watts for a total of 856 Watts in 3 RU space during the execution of this benchmark.

One Sun T5220 server (single UltraSPARC T2 chip) demonstrated 67% better performance over the IBM result of 1197.51 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard which used 4-core IBM p570 with 4.7GHz POWER6 processors. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 used as Application server has 3.8x better power-performance and has 7.3x better SWaP than the IBM p570 power6. Enterprise T5120 used as database servrer has 3.4 better power-performance and has 13.5x better SWaP as the IBM p550.

One Sun T5220 server (single UltraSPARC T2 chip) demonstrated 19% better performance over the Rackable Systems result of 1672.64 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard which used 2-socket Rack C2002 quad-core 2.66GHz Xeon processors.

One Sun T5220 server (single UltraSPARC T2 chip) demonstrated 30% better performance over the Inspur result of 1538.65 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard which used 2-socket Inspur NF280D quad-core 2.66GHz Xeon processors

One Sun T5220 server (single UltraSPARC T2 chip) demonstrated 58% better performance over the HP result of 1266.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard which used 4-socket HP rx6600 dual-core 1.6GHz Itanium2 processors. The Sun T5220 achieved 4x better power-performance and has 13.3 better SWaP.

The SWaP metric is a measure of server efficiency ratio that includes system performance, power and space consumption on a specific benchmark. (SWaP = Perf /[ Space (RU) x Watts ] )

Power-performance is computed as watt/performance. Since power-performance is related to price/performance they are both calculated with performance in the denominator.

SPECjAppServer2004 Performance Chart as of 10/10/2007. Complete benchmark results may be found at the SPEC benchmark website http://www.spec.org. SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (bigger is better)

	SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard	J2EE Server	DB Server
Sun	2000.92	1x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 8 cores, 1 chip @ 1.4 GHz US-T2 Oracle OC4J 10.1.3.3	1 x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 8 cores, 1 chip @ 1.2 GHz US-T2 Oracle 10g DB 10.2.0.3
Rackable	1672.64	1x Rackable C2002 8 cores, 2 chips @ 2.66 Xeon X5355 Oracle OC4J 10.1.3.2	1x Rackable S3118 8 cores, 2 chips @ 2.33 Xeon E5345 Oracle 10g 10.2.0.2
Inspur	1538.65	1x Inspur NF280D 8 cores, 2 chips @ 2.66 GHz Xeon X5355 BEA WebLogic 10.0	1x Inspur NF380D 8 cores, 2 chips @ 2.66 GHz Xeon X5355 IBM DB2 9.1
HP	1266.42	1 x HP rx6600 8 cores, 4 chips @ 1.6 GHz Itanium 2 BEA WebLogic 9.1	1 x HP rx8620 16 cores, 16 chips @ 1.6 GHz Itanium 2 Oracle 10g 10.1.0.4
IBM	1197.51	1 x IBM p570 4 cores, 2 chips @ 4.7 GHz IBM POWER6 IBM WebSphere 6.1	1 x IBM p550 4 cores, 2 chips @ 2.1 GHz IBM POWER5+ IBM DB2 v9.1
HP	874.17	1 x HP rx2660 4 cores, 2 chips @ 1.6 GHz Itanium 2 Oracle OC4J 10.1.3.2	1 x HP rx2660 4 cores, 2 chips @ 1.6 GHz Itanium 2 Oracle 10g 10.2.0.2
Sybase	652.95	1 x Dell PowerEdge 2900 4 cores, 2 chips @ 3.0 GHz Xeon 5160 Sybase EAS 6.0.2	1 x Dell PowerEdge 2900 4 cores, 2 chips @ 3.0 GHz Xeon 5160 SQLAnywhere 10.0.1
IBM	618.38	1 x IBM p505Q 4 cores, 2 chips @ 1.65 GHz POWER5+ IBM WebSphere 6.1	1 x IBM p550 4 cores, 2 chips @ 2.1 GHz POWER5+ IBM DB2 v8.1

Benchmark Description

SPECjAppServer2004 (Java Application Server) is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology-based application servers. SPECjAppServer2004 is an end-to-end application which exercises all major J2EE technologies implemented by compliant application servers as follows:

• The web container, including servlets and JSPs
• The EJB container
• EJB2.0 Container Managed Persistence
• JMS and Message Driven Beans
• Transaction management
• Database connectivity

Moreover, SPECjAppServer2004 also heavily 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.

The primary metric of the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark is jAppServer Operations Per Second (JOPS) which is calculated by adding the metrics of the Dealership Management Application in the Dealer Domain and the Manufacturing Application in the Manufacturing Domain. There is NO price/performance metric in this benchmark.

Example Disclosure Statement:

SPECjAppServer2004 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 (8 cores, 1 chip) and 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 (8 cores, 1 chip) 2000.92 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. 1 Rackable C2002 (8 cores, 2 chips) 1 Rackable S3118 (8 cores, 2 chips) 1672.64 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. 1 Inspur NF280D (8 cores, 2 chips) and 1 Inspur NF380D (8 cores, 2 chips) 1538.65 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. 1 HP rx6600 (8 cores, 4 chips) and 1 HP rx8620 (16 cores, 16 chips) 1266.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. 1 IBM p570 (4 cores, 2 chips) and 1 IBM p550 (4 cores, 2 chips) 1197.51 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. 1 HP rx2660 (4 cores, 2 chips) and 1 HP rx2660 (4 cores, 2 chips) 874.17 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. 1 Dell PowerEdge 2900 (4 cores, 2 chips) and 1 Dell PowerEdge 2900 (4 cores, 2 chips) 652.95 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. 1 IBM p505Q (4 cores, 2 chips) and 1 IBM p550(4 cores, 2 chips) 618.38 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/2007.

The IBM p570 POWER6 system requires 4RU or twice the rack space of a Sun T5220 and consumes on average 1040 Watts of power. The IBM p6 570 power specifications from 80% of maximum report power consumption published 06/07/07, posted here.

The HP rx2660 requires 2RU of rack space and consumes on average 559 Watts of power. The HP rx2660 power calculated as 70% of max input power reported 07/17/07

The Dell PowerEdge 2900 requires 5RU of rack space and consumes on average 350 Watts of power. The Dell power rating 08/24/07 from Dell DataCenter Capacity Planner System configured with 2 x Xeon 5160 processors, 8 x 2GB DIMMs, 1 x Disk, 1 x HBA & Redundant PSU

The IBM p505Q requires 1 RU of rack space and consumes on average 320 Watts of power. The IBM p505 power specifications from 80% of maximum report power consumption published in "Facts and Features Report", 03/27/07, posted here.

The HP rx2660 requires 2RU of rack space and consumes on average 559 Watts of power. Power Reference: HP rx2660 power calculated as 70% of max input power reported 07/17/07.

The Dell PowerEdge 2900 requires 5RU of rack space and consumes on average 350 Watts of power. The Dell power rating 08/24/07 from Dell DataCenter Capacity Planner System configured with 2 x Xeon 5160 processors, 8 x 2GB DIMMs, 1 x Disk, 1 x HBA & Redundant PSU

The IBM p550 requires 4RU of rack space and consumes on average 770 Watts of power. The IBM p5 power specifications calculated by applying 70% of the power numbers published in ?Facts and Features Report?, 3/10/06, posted < href=http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/hardware/factsfeatures.html> here.

The HP rx6600 server requires 7 RU of rack space and consumes on average 1163* Watts of power. Power Reference: HP rx6600 power consumption estimated by taking 70% of the maximum reported power dissipation, documented here on 03/23/07.

Results Summary

Certified Results			2000.92 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard
Reference Date:			Oct 10, 2007
Systems:			1 x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220
			1 x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120
Total Number Processors:			1, 1
Processor/GHz of Server:			UltraSPARC T2 1.4 GHz
			UltraSPARC T2 1.2 GHz
Operating System:			Solaris 10 8/07
Software:			Oracle Application Server 10g Release 10.1.3.3 - Java Edition
			Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3
JVM:			J2SE 6.0 update 3