Tokyo, Mar 18, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation today announced that the "NEC Express5800 Scalable HA Server" achieved world record performance for x86-based servers on the SPECjbb(R)2005 benchmark(*1) powered by Intel Xeon(R) X7460 processors, Oracle JRockit(R) 6 and Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux 5.3.
The NEC Express5800/A1160(*2)delivers 2,150,260 SPECjbb(R)2005 bops. This is the world record among all x86-based servers. This is also the world record for 16 socket servers and beats the previous record by 40 percent.(*3)
The NEC Express5800/A1160 features state of the art NEC server technology with an up to 4 box scalable building block structure powered by the Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 7400 series and high speed interconnect "HSI technology." It also has the advanced reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features that draw on NEC's rich heritage in mission-critical computing both in mainframe class and high-end Intel(R) Architecture server products.
"We are proud of this new world record. We believe that this further proves NEC's advanced server technology, integrated with powerful Oracle JRockit software, demonstrates the full potential of Xeon-based platforms," said Yukio Ito, senior vice president, NEC Corporation. "The NEC Express5800/A1160 server is an ideal choice for customers who want to consolidate their middleware applications on a single industry-standard server with the advanced reliability that meets increasing demands of business critical applications."
"Performance is critically important to our customers and Oracle is committed to ensuring that our solutions perform to exceptional standards," said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle. "Industry benchmarks such as this showcase the extreme speed of Oracle JRockit and Oracle's family of Java runtime solutions, key components of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Oracle JRockit with the NEC Express5800/A1160 is a combination well-suited for demanding application environments."
NEC is committed to providing the NEC Express5800 Scalable HA Server products as robust server consolidation platforms for both application servers and backend single mission- critical database systems solutions as well.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of a diversified global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. For additional information, please visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com.
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Mar 18, 2009
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