Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware Scores Highest Ever Performance With SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark Using a Clustered Database

REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/26/10 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)

News Facts

• Today, Oracle announced that Oracle® WebLogic Server, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, together with Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Enterprise Linux, running on an HP ProLiant BL460c G6 server, delivered 11,067.68 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard (jAppServer Operations Per Second), the highest performance ever achieved running a clustered database(1).
• This achievement adds to Oracle WebLogic Server's current SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark records including world record results in multi-node(2); dual-node(3); and single-node(4) categories; and the highest performance per core(5) of any result ever published.

Benchmark Details

• The Java application servers were running on three HP ProLiant BL460c G6 server blades, each with two quad-core 2.93GHz Intel® Xeon® X5570 processors. The database tier was comprised of a two-node HP ProLiant BL460c G6 server cluster, each with two quad-core 2.93GHz Intel® Xeon® X5570 processors. Both application server and database machines were running Oracle Enterprise Linux.
• For more than eight years, Oracle has submitted record-setting application server benchmarks on a broad range of hardware and software platforms. Oracle is the performance and price/performance leader in multiple SPECjAppServer 2001(6) and SPECjAppServer2002(7) benchmark categories and also holds the world records for best performance and price/performance in the Ecperf(8) benchmark of J2EE application servers reported in July 2002.
• 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. For more information, visit http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2004/.

Supporting Quote

• "Oracle WebLogic Server is the industry's most comprehensive Java platform for developing, deploying, and integrating enterprise applications," said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle. "The combination of Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Enterprise Linux provides an unparalleled software stack and this benchmark result is further proof of Oracle's industry-leading performance capabilities."

Supporting Resources

• Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Oracle WebLogic Server
• Oracle Database 11g
• Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Oracle Enterprise 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 February 24, 2010:

(1) Oracle Web Logic Server on HP ProLiant BL460c G6 server blades, 11,067.68 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard (best clustered database 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 SPECjAppServer2004JOPS@Standard (World Record Multi Node).

(3) Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10.3 on Dell PowerEdge R610, 7,311.50 SPECjAppServer2004JOPS@Standard (World Record Dual Node).

(4) Oracle Web Logic Server on HP ProLiant DL785 G6 server with eight Six-Core AMD Opteron 8439 SE 2.8 GHz processors, 9,455.17 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@ Standard (World Record Single Node).

(5) 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).

(6) Sun Microsystems SunFire V1280 with Oracle9i Application Server, 521.86Bops/min@Std, $1,133.64/BBops (Best performance SPECjAppServer 2001 Dual Node category). Oracle9i AS Release 2 Standard Edition on HP ProLiant DL360, 183.33 BBops/min@Std, $325.13/BBops (Best price performance SPECjAppServer2001 Dual Node category). Oracle9iAS Release 2 on HP rp8400 Cluster, 2,529.10 BBops, $1342.74/Bbops (Best performance SPECjAppServer2001 MultipleNode category). Oracle9iAS Release 2 on HP ProLiant ML530G2 Cluster, 558.85 BBops/min@Std, $389.66/BBops (Best price performance SPECjAppServer2001MultipleNode category). Source: http://www.spec.org. For more information regarding SPECjAppServer2001 results, please visit: http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2001/results/jAppServer2001.html.

(7) Fujitsu-Siemens Computers' PRIMEPOWER 450/2500, Oracle Application Server 10g: 5,991.73 TOPS@MultipleNode, 654.20 Euros TOPS@MultipleNode (Best Overall Performance Result, SPECjAppServer2002 benchmark).

(8) Sun Fire 3800 cluster with Oracle9i AS Release 2, 61,862.77 BBops/min@Std, $28/BBops (Best Overall Performance, ECperf benchmark). HP DL360G2 cluster with Oracle9i AS Release 2, 24,639.37 BBops/min@Std, $5/BBops (Best Overall price/performance, ECperf benchmark). For more information regarding ECperf benchmark results, please visit: http://web.archive.org/web/20050306014256/ecperf.theserverside.com/ecperf/index.jsp?page=results/performance.