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Oracle Corporation: Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware Delivers World Record Single-Node Result on Sun SPARC Enterprise(R) Server With


Published on 2009-07-21 05:19:35, Last Modified on 2009-07-21 05:19:50 - Market Wire
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News Facts

  • Demonstrating the superior performance and scalability of Oracle® WebLogic Server, Oracle (NASDAQ: [ ORCL ]) today announced a world record single-node SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark result on a Sun CMT server.(1)
  • The combination of [ Oracle WebLogic Server ], a component of [ Oracle Fusion Middleware ], together with [ Oracle Database 11g ] on a Sun SPARC Enterprise® T5440 server delivered the record breaking result.
  • With this achievement, Oracle WebLogic Server continues to hold the world record results in multi-node,(2) dual-node,(3) and single-node SPECjAppServer2004 benchmarks, in addition to delivering the highest performance per core(4) of any result ever published.

Benchmark Details

  • Oracle WebLogic Server together with Oracle Database 11g achieved 7,661.16 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (jAppServer Operations Per Second) running on a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four 1.6 GHz Sun UltraSPARC® T2 Plus processors.
  • Oracle Database 11g was running on a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four 1.4. GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors.
  • Both the application server and database tiers were running on the Solaris™ 10 Operating System.
  • SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of a representative Java™ Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application and each of the components that make up the application environment, including hardware, application server software, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers and the system network. For more information, visit [ http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2004/ ].

Supporting Quote

  • "With this result, Oracle now holds the multi-node, dual-node and single-node world record results on the SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark, showcasing Oracle's untouchable Java application server performance," said Juan Loaiza, Senior Vice President, Systems Technology, Oracle. "Together with Sun, Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Database 11g deliver a robust and reliable platform for mission-critical enterprise applications and high-performance and technical computing requirements."

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SPEC, SPECjAppServer are registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. All results from [ www.spec.org ] as of July 21, 2009:

(1) Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3 on Sun Sparc Enterprise T5440, 7,661.16 SPECjAppServerJOPS@Standard (World record Single-Node).

(2) Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10.3 on Dell PowerEdge R610, 7,311.50 SPECjAppServerJOPS@Standard (World Record Dual Node).

(3) Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R 3 on HP. 17 HP Integrity BL870c server blades, each with four dual-core Intel® Itanium® 1.6 GHz processors, (136 cores), 28,463 SPECjAppServerJOPS@Standard (World Record Multi Node).

(4) Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3 on Dell PowerEdge 610 with two-socket Intel® Xeon® x5570 quad-core 2.93 GHz processor, 3,975 SPECjAppServer2004JOPS@Standard (best JOPS per core @ 497 JOPS per core).

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