SPECjAppServer2004 Result: BEA WebLogic Server 10.0 on Sun Blade 6000 Modular System using Solaris Containers

SPECjAppServer®2004 Result
Copyright © 2004 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

BEA WebLogic Server 10.0 on Sun Blade 6000 Modular System using Solaris Containers

8,253.21 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard

Submitter:
Sun Microsystems Inc.

SPEC license # 6

Test date:
Jun-2007

Software Products
BEA WebLogic Server 10.0, Advantage Edition
Java (TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 32-bit
Java (TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 64-bit
IBM DB2 JDBC Drivers
IBM DB2 9.1

Software Configurations
J2EE Application Servers
Emulator SW Config
Database SW Config
Driver SW Config - Primary and Satellites

Hardware Systems
J2EE AppServer HW
Database Server HW
Emulator HW
Load Driver HW - Primary and Satellites

System Configuration Diagram

Benchmark
Modifications
Configuration
Bill of Materials
Other Info
General Notes
Full Disclosure Archive

SUT Configuration

J2EE Server Nodes:	10	DB Server Nodes:	1
J2EE Server CPUs:	80 cores, 10 chips	DB Server CPUs:	48 cores, 24 chips
J2EE Instances:	20	DB Instances:	1

Other SUT Components:
None

Benchmark Settings

Dealer Injection Rate:	5,000	Ramp Up Time:	900 seconds
# of Dealer Agents:	100	Ramp Down Time:	300 seconds
# of Manufacturing Agents:	60	Steady State Time:	3,600 seconds
DB Load Injection Rate:	5,000	Trigger Time:	1,600 seconds

Detailed Results

Dealer Transaction Mix	Count	Tx. Mix
Purchase	4,472,493	25.01%
Manage	4,472,379	25.01%
Browse	8,940,707	49.99%
Total # Dealer Transactions	17,885,579

Total # Manufacturing Transactions	11,825,978

Response Times	Average	Maximum	90th%	Reqd
Purchase	0.59	30.85	0.90	2.00
Manage	0.45	25.99	0.90	2.00
Browse	0.74	30.29	1.10	2.00
Manufacturing	2.09	22.81	3.25	5.00

Reproducibility Run (SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS)	8,255.30

BEA WebLogic Server 10.0, Advantage Edition

Vendor:	BEA Systems, Inc.	Availability:	May-2007
CTS Version:	JEE5	Date Passed CTS:	Feb-2007
OS Name:	Solaris 10 8/07 (64-bit)
EJB Protocol:	RMI/T3

Java (TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 32-bit

Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	Availability:	Jun-2007
OS Name:	Solaris 10 8/07 (64-bit)

Java (TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 64-bit

Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	Availability:	Jun-2007
OS Name:	Solaris 10 6/06 (64-bit)

IBM DB2 JDBC Drivers

Vendor:	IBM Corporation	Availability:	Feb-2007
OS Name:	Solaris 10 8/07 (64-bit)

IBM DB2 9.1

Vendor:	IBM Corporation	Availability:	Feb-2007
OS Name:	Solaris 10 8/07 (64-bit)

J2EE Application Servers

J2EE Product:	BEA WebLogic Server 10.0, Advantage Edition
JVM Product:	Java (TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 32-bit
JDBC Product:	IBM DB2 JDBC Drivers
Hardware:	J2EE AppServer HW
# of Instances:	20
Interfaces:
	Web Interface for the Dealer Domain
	Web Interface for the Supplier Domain
	EJB Interface for the Dealer Domain
	EJB Interface for the Manufacturing Domain
	EJB Interface for the Supplier Domain

Notes / Tuning Information

JVM Options: -server -Xms2560m -Xmx2560m -Xmn1g -Xss128k -XX:+AggressiveHeap
-XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:ParallelGCThreads=8 -XX:PermSize=128m
-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=3 -XX:LargePageSizeInBytes=256m
-XX:SurvivorRatio=20 -XX:+UseParallelOldGC
-verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps
-Dcom.sun.xml.namespace.QName.useCompatibleSerialVersionUID=1.0
-Dweblogic.SocketReaders=4 -Dweblogic.StuckThreadMaxTime=900
Java process started in FX class using /usr/bin/priocntl -e -c FX

Emulator SW Config

J2EE Product:	BEA WebLogic Server 10.0, Advantage Edition
JVM Product:	Java (TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 64-bit
Hardware:	Emulator HW
# of Instances:	1

Notes / Tuning Information

JVM Options: -d64 -server -Xms32g -Xmx32g -Xmn800m -Xss256k
-XX:+AggressiveHeap -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:ParallelGCThreads=16
-XX:LargePageSizeInBytes=4m -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=3 -XX:SurvivorRatio=20
-verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps
-XX:-TraceClassUnloading -XX:PermSize=96m
-Dcom.sun.xml.namespace.QName.useCompatibleSerialVersionUID=1.0
-Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=0 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=0
-Dweblogic.SocketReaders=2
Java process started in FX class using /usr/bin/priocntl -e -c FX

Database SW Config

DB Product:	IBM DB2 9.1
Hardware:	Database Server HW
# of Instances:	1

Notes / Tuning Information
Tuning performed by db2tune.sh script in the archive/Schema directory.

Driver SW Config - Primary and Satellites

JVM Product:	Java (TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 32-bit
Hardware:	Load Driver HW - Primary and Satellites
# of Instances:	20

Notes / Tuning Information

JVM Options:-server -XX:+AggressiveHeap -XX:+UseParallelGC
 -XX:LargePageSizeInBytes=2m -XX:-TraceClassUnloading -Xms1600m -Xmx1600m -Xmn600m
 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Xbatch -Xss128k
 -Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=0 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=0
 -Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialHost=$JAS_MULTI_HOST -Djava.naming.factory.initial=$JNDI_CLASS
 -Djava.naming.provider.url=$NAMING_PROVIDER -Dweblogic.ThreadPoolSize=50
 -Dweblogic.ThreadPoolPercentSocketReaders=50

J2EE AppServer HW (SUT hardware)

Hardware Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	OS Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Model Name:	Sun Blade T6300 Server Module	OS Name:	Solaris 10 8/07 (64-bit)
Processor:	UltraSPARC T1	Filesystem:	UFS
MHz:	1400	Disks:	4x73Gb 10K RPM SAS
# of CPUs:	8 cores, 1 chip, 8 cores/chip (4 threads/core)	Network Interface:	(4) 1000BaseT Ethernet
Memory (MB):	32768	Other Hardware:
L1 Cache:	16KB(I)+8KB(D) per core	# of Systems:	10
L2 Cache:	3MB per chip	H/W Available:	Jun-2007
Other Cache:		OS Available:	Aug-2007

Notes / Tuning Information

Network Tuning:
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 16384
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 16384
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 131072
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 131072
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_naglim_def 1
The two application server instances were hosted in separate Solaris Containers.
Each Container on the blades was connected to 2 subnets.
One was a subnet to the switch used for the network traffic
betweem the drivers and the SUT.
The first container used e1000g1 and the second comtainer used e1000g2
on each blade to connect to the switch.
The second subnet in each container was used for database access and
both containers shared e1000g3 for this subnet.

Database Server HW (SUT hardware)

Hardware Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	OS Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Model Name:	Sun Fire E6900	OS Name:	Solaris 10 8/07 (64-bit)
Processor:	UltraSPARC IV+	Filesystem:	UFS
MHz:	1950	Disks:	1x D240 Media Tray (3x 73Gb 10K RPM Ultra320 SCSI)
# of CPUs:	48 cores, 24 chips, 2 cores/chip	Network Interface:	(12) Sun 1000BaseT Ethernet
Memory (MB):	98304	Other Hardware:	1x Sun STK 3510 Array (12x 73GB FC Disk Array) & 3x Sun STK 3510 Array (12x 146GB FC Disk Array)
L1 Cache:	64KB(I)+64KB(D) per core on chip	# of Systems:	1
L2 Cache:	2MB(I+D) per core on chip	H/W Available:	Apr-2007
Other Cache:	32MB(I+D) per chip	OS Available:	Aug-2007

Notes / Tuning Information

System Tuning in /etc/system:
set ce:ce_bcopy_thresh=513
set ce:ce_dvma_thresh=512
set ce:ce_taskq_disable=1
set ce:ce_ring_size=256
set ce:ce_comp_ring_size=1024
set ce:ce_tx_ring_size=4096
set kernel_cage_enable=0
Network Tuning:
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 16384
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 16384
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 131072
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 131072
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_naglim_def 1
CE network driver tuning:
ndd -set /dev/ce rx_intr_time 32
ndd -set /dev/ce rx_intr_pkts 16
Other Tuning:
UFS mount options for database files: noatime,forcedirectio
Shared memory settings in /etc/project:
user.db2inst1:100:DB2 instance:::
project.max-msg-ids=(privileged,12288,deny);
project.max-sem-ids=(privileged,14336,deny);
project.max-shm-ids=(privileged,14336,deny);
project.max-shm-memory=(privileged,96636764160,deny)
DB2 processes run in FX class using /usr/bin/priocntl -s -c FX -i pid
DB2 processes bound across 38 processor cores using /usr/sbin/pbind.
10 processor cores reserved for interrupt processing for the network
connections to the Sun Blade T6300 Modules.

Emulator HW (non-SUT hardware)

Hardware Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	OS Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Model Name:	Sun Fire V890	OS Name:	Solaris 10 6/06(64-bit)
Processor:	UltraSPARC IV+	Filesystem:	UFS
MHz:	1800	Disks:	12 x 36Gb FC
# of CPUs:	16 cores, 8 chips, 2 cores/chip	Network Interface:	(2) Onboard 1000BaseT Ethernet
Memory (MB):	65536	Other Hardware:
L1 Cache:	64KB(I)+64KB(D) per core on chip	# of Systems:	1
L2 Cache:	2MB(I+D) per core on chip	H/W Available:	Aug-2006
Other Cache:	32MB(I+D) per chip	OS Available:	Jun-2006

Notes / Tuning Information

System Tuning in /etc/system:
set ce:ce_bcopy_thresh=513
set ce:ce_dvma_thresh=512
set ce:ce_taskq_disable=1
set ce:ce_ring_size=256
set ce:ce_comp_ring_size=1024
set ce:ce_tx_ring_size=4096
Network Tuning:
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 16384
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 16384
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 131072
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 131072
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_naglim_def 1
CE network driver tuning:
ndd -set /dev/ce rx_intr_time 32
ndd -set /dev/ce rx_intr_pkts 16
Only 1 NIC was used for the network traffic between the emulator and the SUT.

Load Driver HW - Primary and Satellites (non-SUT hardware)

Hardware Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.	OS Vendor:	Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Model Name:	Sun Blade X8420 Server Module	OS Name:	Solaris 10 11/06 (64-bit)
Processor:	AMD Opteron 8220	Filesystem:	UFS
MHz:	2800	Disks:	2x73Gb 10K RPM SAS
# of CPUs:	8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip (4 chips/blade)	Network Interface:	(4) Onboard 1000BaseT Ethernet
Memory (MB):	32768	Other Hardware:
L1 Cache:	64KB(I)+64KB(D) per core	# of Systems:	10
L2 Cache:	2MB per chip	H/W Available:	Jan-2007
Other Cache:		OS Available:	Nov-2006

Notes / Tuning Information

Network Tuning:
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 16384
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 16384
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 131072
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 131072
ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_naglim_def 1
Each blade was divided into 2 logical partitions using Solaris Containers.
2 satellite drivers ran in separate containers on each blade.
Each container used a separate network interface to access the SUT.

Benchmark Modifications
Schema Modifications: Tablespace sizes were increased to support the Injection rate. Scripts to create the DB are included in the FDA.
Load Program Modifications: The load program was not modified

Benchmark Configuration Information
Isolation Requirement Info: The following beans: PartEnt, ComponentEnt, AssemblyEnt, BomEnt and LargeOrderEnt in the Manufacturing Domain, ItemEnt in the Orders Domain, and SupplierCompEnt and SupplierEnt in the Supplier Domain were accessed using READ_COMMITTED which is Cursor Stability (CS) for DB2. The remaining beans were accessed using REPEATABLE_READ which translates to DB2 isolation level of Read Stability (RS) The ItemEnt bean was cached for 20 minute intervals by setting concurrency-strategy to ReadOnly and read-timeout-seconds to 1200 in bea-orders.xml deployment descriptor.
Durability Requirement Info: To ensure database durability, RAID 1 (mirror disks) was used for the database files and logs on the four Sun StorageTek 3510 arrays. Each application server has a pair of mirrored disks (using Solaris Volume Manager) to provide durability for all the server logs and filestore for JMS persistence.
Storage Requirement Info: An 80 minute run at an injection rate of 5000 increased storage by 5892 MB This extrapolates to 103 GB of storage for a 24 hour run. The database is configured with 6132 GB of storage. Each Sun StorageTek 3510 FC Array was configured as a single RAID 1 logical drive.
Argument Passing Semantics: BEA WebLogic 10.0 uses pass-by-value as required by the EJB Specification.

Bill of Materials



Supplier  Description                                Product No.          Qty
--------  ----------------------------------------   ------------------   ---
Sun       Sun Blade 6000 10U Base Chassis            A90-A                 1
Sun       10-port GbE Network Express Module         X4250A                1
Sun       Sun PCIe Dual Port GbE Express Module      X7283A-Z             10
Sun       Sun Blade T6300, 1.4GHz, 32GB              X5708A               10
Sun       73GB 10K RPM 2.5" SAS Disk                 XRB-SS2CD-73G10KZ    40
Sun       Solaris 10 8/07 Media Kit                  SOLZ9-10HC9A7M        1
Sun       Power Cord, Qty 4 			     X5077A-Z              1
Sun       SunSpectrum Upgrade: 3YGOLD, 24x7          W9D-A90-24-3G         1

Sun       Sun Fire E6900 1.95GHz Bundle              SYS6900B-4-1950-Z     1
Sun       Unibrd: 4 USIV+ @ 1.95 GHz w/16GB          US4BRD-448-1950-Z     5
Sun	  D240 Media Tray			     540-4523		   1
Sun       PCI I/O Assembly SF Midrange Servers       X4051A                1
Sun       Sun GigaSwift Network Adapter              X4150A-2              8
Sun       Sun 2GB PCI Dual FC Ntwk Adaptor           SG-PCI2FC-QF2-Z       2
Sun       Sun Dual GigE + Dual SCSI                  X4422A-2              2
Sun	  AC Power Cable Option			     X3800A                1
Sun       SF E6900 O/S Upgrade: 3YGOLD, 24x7         W9D-E69-24-3G         1
Sun       SF USIV+ BD OS UPG 3YR GOLD, 24x7          W9D-S4BDPLUS-24-3G    6

Sun       Sun StorageTek 3510, 12 x 146GB, 1 RAID    XTA3510R01A1R1752Z    3
Sun       Sun StorageTek 3510, 12 x 73GB, 1 RAID     XTA3510R01A1R876Z     1
Sun       SunSpectum Upgrade: 3Y GOLD, 24x7          W9D-SE3510-24-3G      4

Sun	  Sun Fire X2100 M2 	 		     A84-GWZ1-H-512-JL8    1
Sun	  DVD-ROM Drive				     X5286A-Z		   1
Sun	  Localized Power Cord 			     X311L	           1
Sun       17" Entry Color Monitor                    X7204A                1
Sun       USB Keyboard & Mouse                       320-1271              1
Sun       SunSpectrum Upgrade: 3YGOLD, 24x7          W9D-A84-24-3G         1

BEA       BEA WebLogic Server 10.0 License,  Advantage Edition            25
BEA       3-year 24x7x4 Support for WebLogic Server                       25

IBM       DB2 UDB ENTERPRISE SERVER EDITION PROCESSOR  D518GLL            48
          LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO
IBM       DB2 UDB ENTERPRISE SERVER EDITION PROCESSOR  E00BILL            96
          SW MAINT RNWL 1 ANNIV

Other Benchmark Information

  The submission used round-robin DNS for load-balance of
  all network requests. The DNS server was hosted
  on the database server.
  
  This submission used the xerces implementation 2.8.1 provided
  with WebLogic 10.0

General Notes

The only errors in the driver log files were those that are normally generated
by this benchmark.

DB2 uses "Soft" checkpoint to ensure that no updates remain unflushed for
longer than the allowed time.

When DB2 UDB Server changes a database table with an update, insert, or delete
operation, the change is initially made in memory, not on disk. When there is
not enough space in the memory buffer to read in or write additional data
pages, DB2 UDB Server will make space by flushing some modified pages to disk.
Modified pages are also written to disk as part of the "Soft" checkpoint to
ensure that no updates remain unflushed for longer than the allowed time.
Before a change is made to the database, it is first recorded in the
transaction log. This ensures that the database can be recovered completely
in the event of a failure. Using the transaction log, transactions that
started but did not complete prior to a failure can be undone, and
transactions recorded as complete in the transaction log but not yet written
to disk can be redone.

DB2 UDB uses a write-ahead-logging protocol to guarantee recovery. This
protocol uses "Soft" checkpoint to write least-recently-used database
to disk independent of transaction commit. However, enough log information to
redo/undo the change to a database pages is committed to disk before the
database page itself is written. This protocol therefore renders checkpoint
unnecessary for DB2 UDB.

Network Switch: Cisco Catalyst 4506 10/100/1000 Switch - 48 ports
Contains: (1) WS-X4013+, (2) WS-X4424-GB-RJ45

For questions about this result, please contact the submitter: Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Benchmark run on Wed Jun 27 23:55:10 EDT 2007 by SPECjAppServer2004 v1.08
Result submitted on Wed Jul 4 03:03:00 EDT 2007
Report generated by SPECjAppServer2004 Reporter v1.03

First published at SPEC.org on 18-Jul-2007