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Sun X4600 M2 Server SAP-SD 2-Tier ERP 6.0

Tuesday Nov 04, 2008

Sun's new 8-processor Unicode result for UNIX on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark ERP 6.0 (2005)

The Sun Fire X4600 M2 server with eight AMD Opteron processor 8360 SE (32 cores, 32 threads) that was running the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 with Unicode software and MaxDB 7.6 database on top of the Solaris 10 OS, was able to support 5,800 SAP SD Benchmark users. This benchmark result highlights the optimal performance of SAP ERP on Sun Fire servers running the Solaris OS and the seamless multilingual support available for systems running SAP applications.

With the current SAP SD benchmark Sun delivers more performance using the Unicode version than HP using the old non-Unicode version. According to SAP a Unicode system needs 10-30% more resources to support the same number of users.

Also see:
http://blogs.sun.com/isve/entry/sun_x4600_blazing_sap_performance

SAP-SD 2-Tier Performance Table (in decreasing performance order, Benchmark Users, bigger is better)

Sys Users Chips,
Type
GHz		 Mem OS DB LI/Hr SAPS BM rev Date
IBM Sys x3950 9200 8 6C Xeon 7460 2.66 128 GB Windows Server 2003 DC Ed DB2 9.5 923,330 46,170 6.0 2005 08-Sep-08
IBM p 570 8000 8 DC POW6 4.7 128 GB AIX 5L Ver 5.3 DB2 9 801,330 40,070 6.0 21-May-07
Sun SPARC Ent T5440 7520 4 US T2 Plus 1.4 128 GB Solaris 10 Oracle 10g 753,000 37,647 6.0 10-Oct-08
IBM Sys x3950 M2 6615 8 QC Xeon 7350 2.93 128 GB Windows Server 2003 DC Ed DB2 9.5 662,000 33,100 6.0 2005 25-Jun-08
Sun Fire X4600 M2 5800 8 QC Opt- eron 8360 2.5 128 GB Solaris 10 MaxDB 7.6 593,330 29,670 6.0 2005 uni- code 22-Oct-08
HP PL DL785 5230 8 QC Opt- eron 8360 2.5 128 GB Windows Server 2003 EE SQL- Server 2008 523,670 26,180 6.0 2005 05-May-08

Complete benchmark results may be found at the SAP benchmark website http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

Benchmark Description

The SAP Standard Application SD (Sales and Distribution) Benchmark is a two-tier ERP business test that is indicative of full business workloads of complete order processing and invoice processing, and demonstrates the ability to run both the application and database software on a single system. The SAP Standard Application SD Benchmark represents the critical tasks performed in real-world ERP business environments.

SAP is one of the premier world-wide ERP application providers, and maintains a suite of benchmark tests to demonstrate the performance of competitive systems on the various SAP products.

Disclosure Statement:

Two-tier SAP Standard Sales and Distribution (SD) standard SAP ERP 6.0 (2005) application benchmark: Two-tier SAP Standard Sales and Distribution (SD) standard SAP ERP 2005 application benchmark: IBM System x3950 M2 (8-way, 8 proc, 48 cores, 48 threads) 8 x 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon Processor MP X7460, 128GB memory, 9200 SD Benchmark users, 1.95 sec avg response time, Cert#2008046, DB2 9.5, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition; IBM System p570 (8-way, 8 proc, 16 cores, 32 threads) 8 x 4.7 GHz POWER6, 128GB memory, 8000 SD Benchmark users, 1.98 sec avg response time, Cert#2007039, DB2 9, AIX 5L Version 5.3; IBM System x3950 (8-way, 8 proc, 32 cores, 32 threads) 8 x 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor X7350, 128GB memory, 6615 SD Benchmark users, 1.99 sec avg response time, Cert#2008035, DB2 9.5, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition; Sun Fire X4600 (8-way, 8 proc, 32 cores, 32 threads) 8 x 2.5 GHz Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor 8360 SE, 128GB memory, 5800 SD Benchmark users, 1.73 sec avg resp time, Cert#2008061, MaxDB 7.6, Solaris 10; HP ProLiant DL785 (8-way, 8 proc, 32 cores, 32 threads) 8 x 2.5 GHz Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor 8360 SE, 128GB memory, 5230 SD Benchmark users, 1.99 sec avg resp time, Cert#2008026, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 EE; SPARC Enterprise Model T5440 (4-way, 4 processors, 32 cores, 256 threads) 4 x 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus, 128GB memory, 7520 SD Benchmark users, 1.98 sec avg response time, Cert#2008058, Oracle 10g, Solaris 10; SAP, R/3, mySAP reg TM of SAP AG in Germany and other countries. More info www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark.

Results Summary

Certified Results
Performance: 5800 benchmark users
Server: Sun Fire X4600 M2
Processors: 2.5 GHz AMD Opteron Processor 8360 SE, 8 processors / 32 cores / 32 threads
Memory: 128 GB
Operating system: Solaris 10
Database S/W: MaxDB 7.6
SAP ECC 6.0: SAP ERP 6.0 Unicode
SAP Certification: 2008061
Storage: 3 x STK2540, 3 x STK2501 each with 12 x 146GB/15kRPM disks

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Yet another SPEC OMP2001 World Record

Monday Jan 08, 2007

The Sun Fire X4600 M2 delivers the best performance on the SPEC OMPM2001 benchmark suite of all systems running 8-threads results. The Sun Fire X4600 M2 topped the IBM System p5 550 (2.1 GHz, 4 CPU) result by 6%. The Sun Fire X4600 M2 server in 4-socket configuration using dual-core AMD Opteron Model 8220SE processors, produced best SPECompM2001 result of 21,167. The results show that the combination of Solaris 10 using Sun Studio 11 is unmatched by the competition for assisting users in writing parallel code.

For more public info on benchmarks, please see the sun.com X4600 Benchmark Page

SPEComp2001 Performance Chart (bigger is better, ordered by peak)
Result Cores Chips Thrds System
Peak Base
21167 20409 8 4 8 Sun Fire X4600 M2, Opteron 8220SE, 2.8GHz
20319 19708 8 8 8 Sun Fire X4600, Opteron 856, 3.0GHz
19983 15355 4 2 8 IBM System p5 550 (2100 MHz, 4 CPU)
19653 18949 8 4 8 Sun Blade X8400, Opteron 885, 2.6GHz

Benchmark Description

The SPEC OMPM2001 Benchmark Suite was released in June 2001 and tests HPC performance using OpenMP for parallelism. 11 programs (3 in C and 8 in Fortran) parallelized using OpenMP API

Goals of suite:

  • Targeted to mid-range (4-32 processor) parallel systems
  • Run rules, tools and reporting similar to SPEC CPU2000
  • Programs representative of HPC and Scientific Applications

    • Results Summary

      Result
      X4600 M2 8-threads: 21167 SPECompM2001
      Reference Date: Jan 05, 2007
      System: Sun Fire X4600M2
      Processors/GHz: Four Opteron 8220SE, 2.8 GHz
      Operating System: Solaris 10
      Compiler: Sun Studio 11
    • Sun Fire X4600M2
    • 16GB memory (16x1GB per chip), DDR667
    • Solaris 10

    Example Disclosure Statement:

    SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.SPEC.org as of Jan 05, 2007, Sun result submitted to SPEC. Sun Fire X4600 M2 (8 cores, 4 chips, 8 threads), 21,167 SPECompM2001. IBM System p5 550 (4 cores, 2 chips, 8 threads), 19,983 SPECompM2001. Sockets refers to chips.

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    SPEComp now SPECfp_rate2000, more Sun X64

    Monday Jan 08, 2007

    The Sun Fire X4600 M2 delivered world record performance on the floating-point throughput suite of SPEC CPU2000, for all 4-socket x86 systems. The Sun Fire X4600 M2 beats the IBM p550Q by 6%. Sun delivered a SPECfp_rate2000 score of 214 using Solaris 10 and Sun Studio 11 compilers.

    For more see the sun.com X4600 Benchmark Page

    SPEC SPECfp_rate2000 Performance Chart (bigger is better)
    System Chips Cores Peak Base
    Sun Fire X4600 M2 (2.8GHz Opteron 2220SE) 4 8 214 184
    IBM System p5 550Q (1650 MHz, 8 CPU) 4 8 202 189
    Sun Blade X8400 (2.6GHz Opteron 885) 4 8 182 167

    Benchmark Description

    SPEC CPU2000 consists of two suites of benchmarks which test integer and floating-point performance. Each suite has two different ways of measuring performance, Speed (often referred to as CPU) and Rate. Speed results are single threaded performance metrics; Rate results are user configurable from 1 to N jobs to put a load on the system and the number of jobs is reported as part of the benchmark report.

    Goals of suite: SPEC CPU2000 is designed to provide performance measurements that can be used to compare compute-intensive workloads on different computer systems.

    Results Summary

      Results
      X4600 M2 8-jobs: 214 SPECfp_rate2000
      Reference Date: Jan 05, 2007
      System: Sun Fire X4600 M2
      Total Number Processors: 4
      Processor/GHz of Server: AMD Opteron 8220SE, 2.8 GHz
      Operating System: Solaris 10 6/06
      Compiler: Sun Studio 11

    Disclosure Statement:

    SPEC, SPECfp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of Jan 05, 2007. Sun Fire X4600 M2 (8 cores, 4 chips, Solaris 10), 214 SPECfp_rate2000. IBM System p5 550Q (1650 MHz, 8 CPU), 202 SPECfp_rate2000.

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