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Oracle Announces World Record Performance in SPECjAppServer2002 Benchmark

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Oracle Application Server 10g has secured the top spot in the SPECjAppServer2002 industry standard benchmark, surpassing competitors BEA and IBM. This achievement marks the third time Oracle has led in J2EE application server benchmarks, solidifying its position as a leader in performance. The SPECjAppServer2002 benchmark measures the performance of J2EE-based application servers using a subset of J2EE APIs in a complete end-to-end Java application. Oracle's success in this benchmark highlights its expertise in providing high-performance solutions for enterprises.

Key Takeaways:

  • Oracle Application Server 10g achieved the highest performance in the SPECjAppServer2002 benchmark, beating out BEA and IBM.
  • Oracle has held the lead position in J2EE application server benchmarks since September 2004, achieving the highest performance in the SPECjAppServer2002 MultipleNode benchmark.
  • The SPECjAppServer2002 benchmark measures the performance of J2EE-based application servers using a subset of J2EE APIs in a complete end-to-end Java application.
  • Oracle Application Server 10g features full support for J2EE and grid computing, built-in enterprise portal software, high-speed caching, identity management, business intelligence, rapid application development, application and business integration, wireless capabilities, and Web services.
  • Oracle's success in this benchmark highlights its expertise in providing high-performance solutions for enterprises.
  • The SPECjAppServer2002 benchmark is an industry-accepted benchmark that measures J2EE platform performance connecting into a database and models a manufacturing, supply-chain management, and order/inventory environment.
  • Richard Sarwal, vice president of Server Performance at Oracle, commented on the achievement, stating that Oracle has repeatedly established world records in J2EE Application Server benchmarks.

Statistics:

  • 5,991.73 TOPS@MultipleNode (Total Operations Per Second) was achieved by Oracle Application Server 10g in the SPECjAppServer2002 benchmark.
  • The price-performance of 654.20 Euros/TOPS@MultipleNode was also achieved by Oracle Application Server 10g in the same benchmark.
  • Oracle Application Server 10g was tested on Solaris/SPARC 64V-based PRIMEPOWER 450/2500 servers of the Fujitsu group of companies.
  • The test environment consisted of one Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 2500 server with 56 SPARC64V 1.3 GHz processors and 9 Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 450 servers each with 4 SPARC64V 1.32 GHz processors.
  • Both the database and J2EE application servers were running the Solaris 9 operating environment.

Sources:

  • Oracle Corporation
  • SPEC (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation)
  • Fujitsu-Siemens Computers
  • Fujitsu Limited/Asia-Pacific
  • Fujitsu Computer Systems/North America
  • Fujitsu Siemens Computers/EMEA
  • http://www.spec.org/
  • http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2002/results/jAppServer2002.html
  • http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2001/results/jAppServer2001.html
  • http://ecperf.theserverside.com/

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