Red Hat Inc has announced that Open JDK (Open Java Development Kit) 7, running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 posted a record result on the SPECjbb2013 benchmark, Ā Application performance remains an important attribute for many customers, and this recent result validates the leading performance that is now available from an open source implementation of the Java programming language.
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The benchmark is an industry-standard measurement of Java-based application performance developed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). With this result, Open JDK 7 demonstrates its leadership in critical Java operations per second (JOPS), the ground-breaking new metric for measuring response time on the SPECjbb2013-Composite category of the benchmark. Open JDK 7 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux supported 60 percent [double check the math to confirm that 60 percent is accurate] more critical JOPS than the closest competitor running Oracle JDK 7 on Oracle Solaris.,Ā
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Ā āAchieving a superior benchmark result demonstrates the powerful performance capabilities of Open JDK and highlights Red Hat's commitment to driving the future of Java. We are focused on extending our enterprise platform leadership into Java and providing our customers with an open source solution that features better overall performance and maximum throughput for critical applications,ā said Jim Totton, Vice President and General Manager, Platform, Red Hat.
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Red Hat is currently a member of the Open JDK board of directors and has long been a leading contributor to the Open JDK community, as well as being an active supporter of Java-based application performance measurement tools.
