1.4 GHz Sun Fire T2000 Lotus World Record per-socket performance and Perf/watt
Wednesday Jan 10, 2007
Lotus Domino NotesBench R6iNotes Sun Fire T2000 Lotus World Record per-socket performance and Perf/watt
The Sun FireT2000 1.4GHz US T1 using Lotus Domino 7.0.2 mail server delivered world record results with best per-socket performance of 23200 and world record performance/watt for the Lotus[R] R6iNotes on Domino mail HTTP based R6iNotes benchmark.
- The Sun Fire T2000 is 22% faster with 25% faster response times than the latest HP DL380G5 based on two 3GHz dual-core Intel 5160 (WoodCrest) running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. This translates to 2.4x higher performance per socket.
- The Sun Fire T2000 delivers this performance while consuming nearly three times less power, adding up to 3.4x higher Performance per Watt and SWaP. While the HP system achieved lower price/performance, for many customers, this would be offset by the higher energy consumption of the system.
- When compared to IBM's latest p5+ 550Q server, based on 2 x Quad Core p5+ processors and the AIX operating system, the Sun Fire T2000 was able to deliver comparable performance with 35% faster response times, and 2x higher Performance per Socket.
- Also, the Sun Fire T2000 Server consumed 2.5x less power, and only half the space of the IBM system, adding up to 5X higher SWaP.
- In addition to the power, cooling
and space savings, the Sun Fire T2000 also delivered one third
superior price / performance than IBM system.
Lotus Domino 7.0 NotesBench R6iNotes Performance Chart (in decreasing #Users order)
System
$/User
Users
NotesMark
#Partitions
Response
Sun Fire V890
8xUltraSPARC IV+ 1800MHz
Solaris10$7.19
40000
33862
4
324 ms
IBM eServer Power5 550Q
8x1.5GHz POWER5,
AIX 5L V5.3$5.97
24000
20108
4
932 ms
Sun Fire T2000
1xUltraSPARC T1 1400MHz
Solaris 10$4.48
23200
19518
4
692 ms
IBM X3650,
4x3.0GHz Xeon
SUSE 9$3.47
22000
18989
4
>3 Sec
Sun Fire T2000
1xUltraSPARC T1 1200MHz
Solaris 10HW2$3.94
19000
16061
4
400 ms
HP DL380G5,
2x3.0GHz Xeon 5160,
Windows Server 2003$3.15
19000
15750
3
868 ms
HP Proliant DL580 G3
4x3.0GHz Xeon,
Windows Server 2003$4.29
18500
15953
4
434 ms
Complete benchmark results may be found at the Lotus NotesBench website http://www.notesbench.org. Benchmark version is Notesbench 6.5 running on Lotus Domino 6.5.1
Benchmark Description
The benchmark simulates active users accessing their Domino[R] R6iNotes mail files via standard Web browser. Each simulated user periodically sends, retrieves, and deletes a specified number of e-mail messages from a browser. An average user runs this script four times per hour.
The R5iNotes and R6iNotes workloads, using the Lotus Domino Mail server (R5 or R6) are both HTTP based workloads. R6iNotes is heavier with added features and larger mail files using the MIME format.
The Lotus Webmail and iNotes workloads are NOT comparable.
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Disclosure Statement:
NotesBench R6iNotes Sun Fire T2000(1chip, 8cores/chip@1.4GHz UltraSPARC T1, 4threads/core, 64GB), 4 partitions, Solaris[TM] 10 U3, Lotus[R] Domino 7.0.2, 23200 users, $4.48per user, 19518 NotesMark tpm, 692ms avg rt. , IBM eServer 550Q, 8x1.5GHz POWER5, 32GB, 4 partitions, AIX 5L V5.3, Lotus Domino 7.0, 24000 users, $5.97 per user, 20108 NotesMark tpm, 932 ms avg rt., HP DL380G5, 2x3.0GHz, Intel Xeon 5160, 6GB, 3 partitions, Windows Server 2003, Lotus[R] Domino 7.0.1, 19000 users, $3.15 per user, 15750 NotesMark tpm, 868ms avg rt., More info: www.notesbench.org
HP DL380G5 power consumption estimated by taking 70% of the maximum input wattage rating of 1193W reported here on 11/14/06: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12477_na/12477_na.html#Power%20Specifications IBM p5 550Q power specifications calculated by applying 70% of the maximum Watts published in “Facts and Features Report”, 11/14/06, posted at: ftp:/ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sp/n/PSB01628USEN/PSB01628USEN.PDF
SunFire T2000 1.4GHz server Power consumption has been taken during the full benchmark execution.
Results Summary
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Audited Results
Users:
23200
NotesMark:
19518
Price Performance:
$4.48 $/User
Price Performance:
$5.33 $ /NotesMark
Response:
692 ms
Systems:
One Sun Fire T2000
Number Processors:
1 chip, 8cores/chip@1.4GHz, 4threads/core
Speed of Processors:
1400 MHz
Storage:
3 x SS3320 (12x73GB)
Notes Version:
Lotus Domino 7.0.2
#Domino Partition
4
Operating System:
Solaris 10 U3
Cost:
$104,051.75.00
Other Performance Metrics
Users/CPU:
23200
Users/Core
2900
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Posted by Wayne Abbott on January 10, 2007 at 08:34 AM PST #