A 12-CPU 900 MHz UltraSPARCR III Cu Sun FireTM V1280 system (application server hardware) and an 8-CPU 900 MHz UltraSPARC III Cu Sun FireTM V880 system (database server hardware) recorded 521.86 BOPS at US$1,133.64/BOPS, running the Oracle9i Application Server and Oracle9i Database on the SPECjAppServer2001 benchmark. Running the SolarisTM Operating Environment (Solaris OE), the Sun FireTM V1280 server is the first and only 12-way system able to run this benchmark in the dual-node category, which confirms the product's scalability in application serving workloads.

Sun systems now hold the performance records for both the Multiple-Node and Dual-Node categories of the SPECjAppServer2001 benchmark, demonstrating Sun's leadership in JavaTM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EETM) application serving workloads. The latest version of the SPECjAppServer2001 benchmark is designed to assess J2EE application servers and JavaTM Virtual Machines (JVMTM), along with the server Systems Under Test (SUT). The revised benchmark is also able to test the Enterprise JavaBeansTM (EJBTM) container in a J2EE 1.2 server. (NOTE: The terms "Java Virtual Machine" and "JVM" mean a virtual machine for the JavaTM technology platform.) [...read more...]

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