Friday Feb 13, 2009
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5440 Delivers Outstanding Application and Database Performance on SPECjAppServer2004. Yet again, Sun is showing
measured watts on another benchmark. I encourage all other vendors to do the same on all benchmarks. We all need this kind of transparency!
Four Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Servers and 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440
server delivered a result of 9500.76 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. ZFS was also used in this benchmark.
One Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 server in the application tier, consumed on
average 614 Watts of power and the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in
the database tier, consumed on average 1836 Watts of power during the
execution of this benchmark.
This benchmark used the Oracle WebLogic 10.3 Application Server and
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition. This benchmark result proves that
the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server using the UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processor performs as an outstanding Oracle 11g OLTP database server.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140, T5440 and M3000 servers used to produce
this benchmark result all used the Solaris 10 10/8 Operating Environment.
Four Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Servers and 1 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440
server demonstrated better performance compared to the HP result of
9459.19 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard which used 11x HP BL860c
servers and 2x HP Superdomes.
Each Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 server used 4 instances of Oracle WebLogic
10.3 and the Sun JVM 1.6.0_06 Performance Release in Solaris Containers.
Each Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 server used ZFS to mirror 2 Solid State
Disks to meet the benchmark durable storage requirements for the
application server logs and JMS Persistence filestore.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the database tier used Oracle
Automatic Storage Management (ASM) to manage the StorageTek 2540 and 2501
storage arrays for the database files and redo logs.
The Sun result of 9500.76 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard using one
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 in the database tier used 24 Oracle licenses
for the database. The HP result of 10519.43 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard
using one HP Superdome in the database tier used 40 Oracle database licenses.
The Sun T5440 delivered 90% of the performance using 60% of the database
licenses compared to the HP Superdome.
The Sun result of 9500.76 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard using one
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 in the database tier used 4 Rack Units of
space (H x W x D = 7" x 18" x 25" = 1.8 cu feet). The HP result of
10519.43 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard using the HP Superdome database
(a 40 processor partition in 2x A9834A cabinets), have space requirements
of (H x W x D = 72" x 48" x 45" = 90 cu feet). The Sun T5440
occupies 1/50 of the datacenter space at 90% of the performance of an
HP Superdome.
The Sun result of 9500.76 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard using one
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 in the database tier consumed on average
1836 watts of power during the execution of this benchmark. The HP result
of 10519.43 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard using the HP Superdome
database (a 40 processor partition in 2x A9834A cabinets), have power
requirements of 13720 watts(1) or 7.5 TIMES more than Sun's T5440. The Sun T5440 consumes 14% of the
power at 90% of the performance of an HP Superdome.
Performance Comparisons
SPECjAppServer2004 Performance Chart as of 02/04/2009. Complete benchmark results may be found at the SPEC benchmark website http://www.spec.org.
SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (bigger is better)
| Submitter |
SPECjAppServer2004
JOPS@Standard |
J2EE Server |
DB Server |
| HP |
10519.43 |
12x HP BL860c
4 cores, 2 chips @ 1.66 GHz Itanium 9100
Oracle OC4J 10.1.3.3.2 |
1x HP Superdome
40 cores, 20 chips @ 1.6 GHz Itanium 9000
Oracle 10g DB 10.2.0.3 |
| Sun |
9500.76 |
4x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140
16 cores, 2 chips @ 1.2 GHz US-T2 Plus
Oracle WebLogic 10.3 |
1x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440
32 cores, 4 chips @ 1.4 GHz US-T2 Plus
Oracle 11g DB 11.1.0.7 |
| HP |
9459.19 |
11x HP BL860c
4 cores, 2 chips @ 1.66 GHz Itanium 9100
Oracle OC4J 10.1.3.3.2 |
2x HP Superdome
80 cores, 40 chips @ 1.6 GHz Itanium 9000
Oracle 10g DB 10.2.0.3 with RAC |
| Sun |
8439.366 |
6x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120
8 cores, 1 chip @ 1.4 GHz US-T2
Sun Java System Application Server |
1x Sun SPARC Enterprise E6900
48 cores, 24 chips @ 1.95 GHz US-IV+
IBM DB2 V9.1 |
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 servelets 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:
SPECjAppServer2004: 4x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 (8 chips, 64 cores) 9500.76 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
12x HP BL860c (24 chips, 48 cores) 10519.43 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
12x HP BL860c (22 chips, 44 cores) 9459.19 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
6x Sun T5120 (6 chips, 48 cores) 8439.36 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of 1/28/09.
1. HP Integrity Superdome using 2x A9834A cabinets. Taking 70% of Typical
Input power of 9800 watts for an 8-cell cabinet and from:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11717_div/11717_div.HTML
See Also:
SPECjAppServer2004 Results Page
Results Summary
| Published Results |
|
9500.76 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard |
| Reference Date: |
|
Feb 4, 2009 |
| Systems: |
|
4x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 |
|
|
1x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 |
|
|
1x Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 |
| Total Number Processors: |
|
2, 4, 1 |
| Processor/GHz of Server: |
|
UltraSPARC T2 Plus 1.2 GHz |
|
|
UltraSPARC T2 Plus 1.4 GHz |
|
|
SPARC64VII 2.52 GHz |
| Operating System: |
|
Solaris 10 10/08 |
| Software: |
|
Oracle WebLogic 10.3 Application Server, Standard Edition |
|
|
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7 |
| JVM: |
|
JDK 1.6.0_06 Performance Release |
note: ...as always you can post comments anonymously, but if you work for a system's vendor you should state who it is.
Monday Nov 24, 2008
One Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processors at 1.4GHz, delivered a single system World Record result
of 6334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. The Sun SPARC Enterprise
T5440 consumed an average of 1578 Watts of power to obtain this result
for a power-performance rating of 0.25 Watts/JOP.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (four 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
chips) demonstrated 32% better performance over the HP DL580 G5 result
of 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard, which used four 2.66 GHz
Intel 6-core Xeon processors.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (four 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
chips) demonstrated 75% better performance over the HP DL580 G5 result
of 3339.94 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard, which used four 2.93 GHz
Intel 4-core Xeon processors.
This benchmark used the Oracle WebLogic 10.3 Application Server and
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition. This benchmark result proves that
the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server using the UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processor performs as an outstanding J2EE application server as well
as an Oracle 11g OLTP database server.
This result used a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (four 1.4 GHz
UltraSPARC T2 Plus chips) in the database tier to obtain this World
Record result. This Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 consumed an average of
1463 Watts of power to obtain this result for a power-performance rating
of 0.23 Watts/JOP.
These results were obtained using Sun Java SE 6 Update 6 Performance
Release on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server and running the
Solaris 10 10/08 Operating Environment.
The power-performance metric is a measure of server efficiency ratio
that includes system power & performance consumption on a specific
benchmark. (Power-performance = Watts / Performance).
Sun publishes watts on this SPEC benchmark, why won't HP on the 6core systems with this size memory?
Performance Landscape
SPECjAppServer2004 Performance Chart as of 10/13/2008. Complete benchmark results may be found at the SPEC benchmark website http://www.spec.org.
SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (bigger is better)
| Submitter |
SPECjApp
Server2004
JOPS@Standard |
J2EE Server |
DB Server |
| Sun |
6334.86 |
1x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440
32 cores, 4 chips @ 1.4 GHz US-T2 Plus
Oracle WebLogic 10.3 |
1x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440
32 cores, 4 chips @ 1.4 GHz US-T2 Plus
Oracle 11g DB 11.1.0.7 |
| HP |
4410.07 |
1x ProLiant DL580 G5
24 cores, 4 chips @ 2.66 GHz Xeon X7460
Oracle WebLogic 10.3 |
1x ProLiant DL580 G5
24 cores, 4 chips @ 2.66 GHz Xeon X7460
Oracle 11g DB 11.1.0.6 |
| HP |
3339.94 |
1x ProLiant DL580 G5
16 cores, 4 chips @ 2.93 GHz Xeon X7350
Oracle WebLogic 10.3 |
1x ProLiant DL580 G5
16 cores, 4 chips @ 2.93 GHz Xeon X7350
Oracle 11g DB 11.1.0.6 |
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.
Results Summary
| Results |
|
6334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard |
| Reference Date: |
|
Nov 20, 2008 |
| Systems: |
|
2x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 |
|
|
|
| Total Number Processors: |
|
4, 4 |
| Processor/GHz of Server: |
|
UltraSPARC T2 Plus 1.4 GHz |
|
|
|
| Operating System: |
|
Solaris 10 10/08 |
| Software: |
|
Oracle WebLogic 10.3 Application Server, Standard Edition |
|
|
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7 |
| JVM: |
|
JDK 1.6.0_06 Performance Release |
Disclosure Statement:
SPECjAppServer2004
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores) 6334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP DL580 G5 (4 chips, 24 cores) 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP DL580 G5 (4 chips, 16 cores) 3339.94 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of 10/13/08
SPECjAppServer2004
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 (16 cores, 2 chip) 3331.31 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
IBM p570(4 cores, 2 chips) 1197.51 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
IBM p550(4 cores, 2 chips) 1197.51 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of 04/09/2008.
Power References:
IBM p6 570 power specifications from 80% of maximum report power consumption published here, 06/07/07, posted at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sp/n/PSB01628USEN/PSB01628USEN.PDF
IBM p5 power specifications calculated by applying 70% of the power numbers published in ?Facts and Features Report?, 3/10/06, posted at
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/hardware/factsfeatures.html
Wednesday Oct 15, 2008
For a blog with all things on the new T5440 please take a look at Alan Packer's website that has links on:
- Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, architecture and technology
- Fault Management Architecture
- Evolution of Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
- economic implications of the new server in the New World Economics.
- The Death of Clock Speed.
- I/O Performance PCI-E I/O Performance
- Network Performance
- Virtualization. Logical Domains (LDoms)
- Solaris features
- Application Performance
- Database Performance
- World Record Benchmarks
- Sizing
see:
http://blogs.sun.com/allanp/entry/sun_s_4_chip_cmt
Monday Oct 13, 2008
...I'll end my day with info on an HPC benchmark...
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server
delivers the best performance on the SPEC OMPL2001
benchmark for four chips.
These results were run on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server
using the UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor running at 1.4 GHz.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 system with 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processors delivered a SPECompL2001 result of 235655, the fastest result
using 4 chips or less.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 system equiped with 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processors delivered more than 1.6X the performance of a 4 socket 2.5GHz AMD
Opteron 8360 based system as shown by SPECompL2001 benchmark results.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 system equiped with 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processors delivered more than 2.9X the performance of a 4 socket 2.93GHz
Intel Xeon X7350 based system as shown by SPECompL2001 benchmark results.
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 system with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processors with 128GB of memory delivered a result of 228198 SPECompLpeak2001
and 203416 SPECompLbase2001.
SPECompL2001 Performance Chart -
(bigger is better, Select 2 chip or less results ordered by peak metric )
| Result |
Chips |
Cores |
OpenMP
Thrds |
System |
| Peak |
Base |
| 235655 |
208492 |
4 |
32 |
255 |
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, 1.4GHz |
| - |
146796 |
4 |
16 |
16 |
AMD Tyan n425QE, QC Opt 8360, 2.5GHz |
| - |
141858 |
4 |
16 |
16 |
AMD Tyan n425QE, QC Opt 8356, 2.3GHz |
| - |
82487 |
4 |
16 |
16 |
Supermicro X7QC3, QC Xeon X7350, 2.93GHz |
Benchmark Description
The SPEC OMPL2001 Benchmark Suite was released in 2002 and
tests HPC performance using OpenMP for parallelism on larger systems.
-
9 programs (2 in C and 7 in Fortran)
parallelized using OpenMP API
Goals of suite:
- Targeted to large parallel shared-memory systems
- Run rules, tools and reporting similar to SPEC CPU2000
- Programs representative of HPC and Scientific Applications
Disclosure Statement:
SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of 10/8/08 and this report.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 256 threads, 1.4GHz)
235655 SPECompL2001.
SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of 10/8/08 and this report.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 256 threads, 1.4GHz)
235655 SPECompL2001; Tyan Thunder n425QE (4 chips, 16 cores, 16 threads,
2.5GHz) 146796 SPECompL2001.
SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Results from www.spec.org as of 10/8/08 and this report.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 256 threads, 1.4GHz)
235655 SPECompL2001; SPECompL2001; Supermicro X7QC3 (4 chips, 16 cores,
16 threads, 2.93GHz) 82487 SPECompL2001.
Results Summary
| Result |
|
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440: |
|
235655 SPECompL2001 |
|
|
|
208492 SPECompLbase2001 |
| Reference Date: |
|
Oct 13, 2008 |
| Operating System: |
|
Solaris 10 |
| Compiler: |
|
Sun Studio 12 |
|
|
|
|
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