Oracle Press Release
Oracle® Fusion Middleware Delivers World Record Single-Node Result with SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark

Oracle® WebLogic Server on Dell PowerEdge R910 Server Delivers Winning Result

Redwood Shores, Calif. – March 30, 2010
News Facts

Today, Oracle announced that Oracle® WebLogic Server, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, together with Oracle Database 11g running on Oracle Enterprise Linux and a Dell PowerEdge R910 Server achieved a world record single-node result with the SPECjAppServer2004 industry standard benchmark(1).
With this achievement, Oracle WebLogic Server now holds 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 with Oracle Database 11g achieved 11,057.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (jAppServer Operations Per Second). The Java Application Server was running on a four-socket Dell PowerEdge R910 server with the new Intel® Xeon® X7560 2.26 GHz processor. Oracle Database 11g was running on an identical hardware configuration. Both the application server and database server were running Oracle Enterprise Linux.
• SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of a representative J2EE 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. The specifications for the SPECjAppSever2004 benchmark standards were last modified in February 2007. For more information, visit http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2004/.

•For the past decade, Oracle has consistently submitted record-setting SPECjAppServer application server benchmarks on a broad range of hardware and software platforms. For other leading results, visit: http://www.oracle.com/solutions/performance_scalability/benchmark_results.html

Supporting Quotes

“Oracle Fusion Middleware, with Oracle WebLogic Server, leads the industry in record-setting Java application server benchmark results,” said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle. “These results showcase the performance and versatility of Oracle Fusion Middleware for enterprise Java applications.”
“This new world record represents a significant milestone and illustrates how Dell continues to deliver innovative database solutions,” said Sally Stevens, vice president of Platform Marketing, Dell. “Dell’s new PowerEdge servers based on Intel’s Nehalem EX processors save customers time and money while providing superior performance.”
Supporting Resources

• Oracle Fusion Middleware

• Oracle WebLogic Server

• Oracle Database

• Oracle and Linux

• Oracle Benchmarks

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SPEC, SPECjAppServer are registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. All results from www.spec.org as of March 30, 2010:
(1) Oracle Web Logic Server on a four-socket Dell PowerEdge R910 server with Intel® Xeon® X7560 processor (8-Core, 2.26 GHz, 24MB L3 cache, 6.4GT/s QPI), 11,057.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard. (World Record SPECjAppServer2004 single node result)
(2) Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R 3 on 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)
(3) Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10.3 on Dell PowerEdge R610, 7,311.50 SPECjAppServerJOPS@Standard (World Record Dual 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).
Contact Info


Teri Whitaker
Oracle
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Oracle
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