Sun Sets Multiple World Records With New Solaris-Powered Sun SPARC(R) Enterprise T5440 Server; Launches New Sun Savings Challenge to Demonstrate Extreme Cost Savings and Value of SPARC Enterprise Servers
Industry-Best Performance on Benchmark Tests Span the Enterprise
From CRM to ERP to Java Applications; The SPARC Enterprise T5440
Server Enables Breakthrough Virtualization and Consolidation of
Traditional Midrange Applications
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the new Sun
SPARC(R) Enterprise T5440 server with the Solaris 10(TM) Operating
System (OS) has set seven world records on industry standard benchmarks
including the best four processor result on two-tier SAP®
Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark, Oracle's
Siebel CRM 8.0 Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP) and
single-node SPECjAppServer2004.
Sun also announced the Sun Savings Challenge to give customers a view
into how the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server competes with other vendors'
servers on key buying criteria including performance, cost, power, space
and management. Qualified customers can apply for a free on-site
assessment and receive a detailed total cost of ownership (TCO) and
return on investment (ROI) analysis. Other benefits of the Sun Savings
Challenge include whitepapers and technical solution briefs. The
Challenge will also be available for the Sun SPARC(R) Enterprise M4000
and M5000 servers. More information on the Sun Savings Challenge is
available at http://www.sun.com/SunSavingsChallenge.
Delivering up to four times the performance of competitive quad-socket
servers, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is an ideal consolidation and
virtualization platform for enterprise applications including large
scale OLTP databases, CRM and ERP. In a compact 4 RU package, the SPARC
Enterprise T5440 server increases server utilization while reducing
energy consumption and lowering operating costs. For more information on
the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server visit http://www.sun.com/T5440.
Enterprise-Class World Records:
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Two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark - The SPARC
Enterprise T5440 server running on the SAP ERP application Release
6.0 and Oracle® Database Server 10g on
the Solaris 10 OS delivered the highest four-processor result on
the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark, as of Oct. 13,
2008. The breakthrough score of 7,520 SAP SD Benchmark users
posted by the new SPARC Enterprise server (4 processors/32
cores/256 threads) outperforms four processor two-tier SAP SD
Standard Application Benchmark results achieved on the IBM System
p570 Power6 (4,010 SAP SD Benchmark users). When compared with HP
Integrity rx6600 running Intel Itanium 2 processors (1,750 SAP SD
Benchmark users) the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server achieved up to
four times the number of SAP SD Benchmark users.(1)
•
Siebel CRM 8.0 PSPP - The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server has
claimed the world record on the Siebel CRM PSPP benchmark, which
is designed to stress systems running Siebel CRM software, one of
the most widely used CRM applications. The unprecedented result of
14,000 active Siebel benchmark users was set on a single SPARC
Enterprise T5440 server with Sun Java System Web server, Siebel
CRM Application Servers and Oracle Database software using Solaris
Containers. Siebel CRM 8.0 PSPP is a multi-tier benchmark that
simulates the real-world requirements of a large organization
consisting of thousands of users simultaneously accessing a call
center from multiple departments. The SPARC Enterprise T5440
server proves to be the most energy and space efficient server in
the industry consuming only 1,276 watts during the benchmark in
only four RUs.(2)
•
SPECjbb2005 - Pairing the most stable Java(TM) technology
implementation on the market with the industry's most efficient
multi-socket CMT platform propels the SPARC Enterprise T5440
server to the top spot in the four processor category on this
Java-based Enterprise benchmark. The Sun HotSpot JVM running on
top of Solaris 10 10/08, the forthcoming update to the Solaris 10
OS, sets a new standard for scalability by leveraging the 256
threads of the UltraSPARC(R) T2 Plus processors and beats the IBM
System p550 result by almost 2x while demonstrating 1.5x better
performance per watt.(3)
•
SPECjAppServer2004 - The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server
running the Solaris 10 OS and Oracle WebLogic Server 10g raises
the bar for other single application server results on the
SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark. Benefiting from the scalability of
the CMT architecture, the newest SPARC Enterprise server increases
the competitive pressure by beating Java application servers based
on the latest IBM Power6, Intel Itanium 2 and Intel Xeon
processors. In addition, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server
delivered record performance per watt and scored best performance
per rack unit for a Java application server. On the database tier
of the benchmark, another SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running
Oracle Database 11g on Solaris 10, supported this single-node
world record SPECjAppServer2004 result.(4)
High Performance Computing (HPC) World Records:
•
SPECompL2001, SPECint_rate2006,
SPECfp_rate2006 - The SPARC
Enterprise T5440 server provides a portable, scalable platform for
developing and deploying parallel applications and for running
compute-intensive workloads, particularly when coupled with the
Solaris 10 OS and Sun(TM) Studio 12 software. The new SPARC
Enterprise T5440 server has achieved three world record results
for all quad-processor systems on the following industry standard
benchmarks: SPECompL2001, SPECint_rate2006
and SPECfp_rate2006(5).
Integer performance and the ability to parallelize workloads
provide CMT-based systems with a significant advantage on
real-world workloads like string searching or pattern matching.
These operations often present in a variety of commercial,
government and HPC applications ranging from bioinformatics to
computer virus detection software. In Sun internal testing, the
SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated up to 27x the
throughput of an IBM Cell Broadband Engine DD3 blade and performed
string searching 3.3x faster than the HP DL 580 G5 server with
four Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPUs. With such vast integer-intensive and
memory-intensive searching and matching capabilities the SPARC®
Enterprise T5440 server could search a book as tall as Mt. Everest
(29,035 feet) in mere 68 seconds.
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as of 10/10/08
(1) Results of the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark.
Configurations are as follows:
SPARC Enterprise T5440– UltraSPARC T2
Plus, 4 processors / 32 cores / 256 threads, Solaris 10, Oracle 10g, SAP
ERP 6.0. Results: 7,520 SAP SD Benchmark users, 37,650 SAPS,
certification number 2008058
IBMSystem p 570 POWER6, 4 processors / 8 cores / 16
threads, AIX 5L version 5.3, Oracle 10g, SAP ERP 6.0. Results: 4,010 SAP
SD Benchmark users, 20,120 SAPS, certification number 2008038.
HP Integrity rx6600– Dual-Core Intel
Itanium 2 9050, 4 processors / 8 cores / 16 threads, Windows Server 2003
EE, SQL Server 2005, SAP ERP 6.0. Results: 1,725 SAP SD Benchmark users,
8,680 SAPS, certification number 2007040.
(2) Siebel CRM 8.0 Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP)
benchmark as of 10/01/08. Sun Microsystems: 14,000 users, 1 x Sun SPARC
Enterprise T5440 (4 x 1.4 GHz, 32 cores, 128GB RAM) Siebel CRM 8.0 SIA [20204]
ENU, Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP8, Oracle 10g R2 V 10.2.0.3.0,
Solaris 10 5/08. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from
measurements made during the benchmark run.
(3) Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores) 692736 SPECjbb2005
bops, 21648 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power
consumption of 1525W was measured during the benchmark run. IBM p550 (4
chips, 8 cores) 350642 SPECjbb2005 bops, 87661 SPECjbb2005 ops/JVM. IBM
p 550 power specifications calculated as 80% of maximum input power
reported 10/5/08 in “Facts and Features Report”:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/pm/br/n/
psb01628usen/PSB01628USEN.PDF (Due to its length, this URL may need
to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove
the extra space if one exists.)
(5) The following are the best 4 chip results. Sun SPARC Enterprise
T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 256 threads): SPECint_rate2006
– 301, SPECfp_rate2006
– 230, SPECompL2001 –
235,655.
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