Sun T2000 3.4x beter than Itanium 2 on cost

Wednesday Dec 13, 2006

Sun Fire T2000 Sun Java Systems Application Server World Record Two-Node Price/Performance on SPECjAppserver2004. The HP Itanium2-based server is over 3.4x times most costly than the Sun Fire T2000 Server using Sun Java EE application. Sun's solutions is the lowest overall application tier deployment and maintenance cost. The Sun Fire T2000 server also requires only 2RU vs. 4RU for the more-costly HP Itanium 2 server.

Sun's dual-node configuration delivered throughput in excess of 26,000 operations per minute with absolutely no Java EE Application Server licensing constraints. This submission is fully Java EE 5 compatible and fully supported by Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems is the only vendor to provide robust performance on the SPECjAppServer benchmark using a Java EE 5 certified application server.

One Sun Fire T2000 server equipped with 1 UltraSPARC T1 processor (8 cores) at 1.2 GHz running Sun Java System Application Server 9.0 UR 1 PE and a Sun Fire T2000 equipped with 1 UltraSPARC T1 processor (6 cores) at 1.0 GHz running Oracle 10g Database Standard Edition delivered a result of 521.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard for the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark for the best application tier price/performance result for a two-node server.

Competitive Landscape

SPECjAppServer2004 Performance Chart - Ordered by Application Tier Cost per SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (lower is better), CPJ column is the Cost Per SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard, Score column is the SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard result, Cost column is the application cost of the hardware and software.

Submitter	CPJ	Score	Cost	J2EE Server	DB Server
Sun	$51.81	521.42	$27,016.95	1 x Sun Fire T2000 8 cores, 1 chip (8 cores/chip) @1.2GHz Sun Java System AS 9.0 PE	1 x Sun Fire T2000 6 cores, 1 chip (6 cores/chip) @1.0GHz Oracle 10g 10.2.0.2
Sun/BEA	$76.37	615.64	$47,016.95	1 x Sun Fire T2000 8 cores, 1 chip (8 cores/chip) @1.2GHz WebLogic	1 x Sun Fire V490 8 cores, 4 chips (2 cores/chip) @1.5GHz Oracle 10g 10.1.0.4
Sun	$122.13	616.22	$75,234.92	1 x Sun Fire T2000 8 cores, 1 chip (8 cores/chip) @1.2GHz WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.1	1 x Sun Fire X4200 4 cores, 2 chip (2 cores/chip) @2.2GHz DB2 Universal Database v8.2.4
HP	$298.20	471.28	$140,537.88	1 x rx4640 4 cores, 4 chips (1 core/chip) Itanium 2 @1.6GHz BEA WebLogic 9.0	1 x rx4640 4 cores, 4 chips (1 core/chip) Itanium 2 @1.6GHz Oracle 10g 10.1.0.4

SPECjAppServer2004 Results Page

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.

Disclosure Statement:

SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of Dec 6, 2005. Sun Fire T2000 (8 cores, 1 chip) 521.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. HP rx4640 (4 cores, 4 chips) 471.28 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Sun HW+SW application tier cost = $27,016.95, appl cost per JOP = $51.81. HP HW+SW application tier cost = $140,537.88, appl cost per JOP = $298.20 HP Bill of Material from http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2004/results/res2005q3/jAppServer2004-20050913-00016.html. BEA pricing from http://www.awaretechnologies.com/BEA/index.html. IBM pricing from http://www.cdw.com/ System pricing dated 12/06/06 HP rx4640 server specifications 10/19/05 from http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/entry_level/rx4640/index.html

Certified Results			521.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard
Reference Date:			Dec 6, 2006
Systems:			1 x Sun Fire T2000, UltraSPARC T1 1.2 GHz (8 cores, 1 proc), 32 GB Memory
			1 x Sun Fire T2000, UltraSPARC T1 1.0 GHz (6 cores, 1 proc), 8GB Memory
Operating System:			Solaris 10 6/06 (same for both)
Software:			Sun Java System Application Server 9.0 Platform Edition UR1 Patch 1
			Oracle 10g Database Enterprise Edition v10.2.0.2
JVM:			J2SE 6.0