May, 2002 : IBM eServer Top Performer in Java Benchmark Test
📅 - IBM (ibm.com) announced on Friday that an IBM eServer machine outperformed systems from competing manufacturers in the SPECjbb2000 server-side Java benchmark.
IBM says an eight-way IBM eServer p660 set a new record for midrange systems, defined as two eight-way servers with an average selling price of between $25,000 and $250,000, achieving 93,272 operations per second and defeating an eight-way HP rp7410 by nine percent. IBM says the p660 is the first midrange server ever to surpass 90,000 operations per second on the test.
The SPECjbb2000 is a software benchmark product developed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), a non-profit group. Written in Java, the benchmark represents an order processing application for a wholesale supplier, and enables hardware vendors to analyze their platform's performance when running Java applications.
In addition to its performance in eight-way systems, says IBM, the eServer p660 also set new records running in two- and four-way configuration tests against the Compaq Alpha Server ES45 6/1000. In the two-way test, the p660 achieved 23,495 operations per second. It scored 47,409 operations per second in the four-way configuration.
IBM says the eServer p660 soundly outperformed the Sun Fire 6800 in twelve- and four-way tests.
"The IBM eServer p660 is the most powerful midrange system on the market and is extremely affordable," says Val Rahmani, general manager IBM pSeries. "Our breakthrough results across the range of two-to-eight-way systems speak volumes to the scalability and performance customers can achieve running the most demanding Java applications on IBM eServer."
According to IBM, research organization IDC's Quarterly Server Tracker shows that IBM had the largest revenue share gain in the sale of midrange UNIX servers among server vendors for the fourth quarter of 2001, gaining 2.7 points.
The company says the eServer p660 is well suited for service providers and other data center and e-business environments, offering the same chip technology as the pSeries 680 in a rack-mountable package. The system features self-managing and self-healing technologies inherited from IBM's larger UNIX and mainframe systems.
IBM says an eight-way IBM eServer p660 set a new record for midrange systems, defined as two eight-way servers with an average selling price of between $25,000 and $250,000, achieving 93,272 operations per second and defeating an eight-way HP rp7410 by nine percent. IBM says the p660 is the first midrange server ever to surpass 90,000 operations per second on the test.
The SPECjbb2000 is a software benchmark product developed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), a non-profit group. Written in Java, the benchmark represents an order processing application for a wholesale supplier, and enables hardware vendors to analyze their platform's performance when running Java applications.
In addition to its performance in eight-way systems, says IBM, the eServer p660 also set new records running in two- and four-way configuration tests against the Compaq Alpha Server ES45 6/1000. In the two-way test, the p660 achieved 23,495 operations per second. It scored 47,409 operations per second in the four-way configuration.
IBM says the eServer p660 soundly outperformed the Sun Fire 6800 in twelve- and four-way tests.
"The IBM eServer p660 is the most powerful midrange system on the market and is extremely affordable," says Val Rahmani, general manager IBM pSeries. "Our breakthrough results across the range of two-to-eight-way systems speak volumes to the scalability and performance customers can achieve running the most demanding Java applications on IBM eServer."
According to IBM, research organization IDC's Quarterly Server Tracker shows that IBM had the largest revenue share gain in the sale of midrange UNIX servers among server vendors for the fourth quarter of 2001, gaining 2.7 points.
The company says the eServer p660 is well suited for service providers and other data center and e-business environments, offering the same chip technology as the pSeries 680 in a rack-mountable package. The system features self-managing and self-healing technologies inherited from IBM's larger UNIX and mainframe systems.
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