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Archived SPARC Articles
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02 Apr 2012
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Talend Enterprise Data Integration Solution, Oracle SPARC T4 Deliver Impressive Performance [25863]
T4 Demonstrates Superior Single-threaded Throughput
Oracle has returned the SPARC T microprocessor to contention in the single-threaded workload market segment with the release of the new SPARC T4 processor, which delivers a 5x better single-thread performance over previous generations Amir Javanshir posts. Testing with the Talend Enterprise Data Integration solution that concentrated on single-thread performance of the new SPARC T4 processor compared to an older SPARC T2+ processor and on overall throughput of the SPARC T4-1 server using multiple threads revealed the T4 is between 5.4 to 7 times faster than the T2+.
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26 Mar 2012
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Managing Power Consumption (and Costs) on SPARC Servers [25759]
Bruce Evans, Julia Harper, and Terry Whatley Illustrate the Use of CLI, BUI, SNMP and IPMI Tools
The SPARC T-Series systems have power-saving features designed into the hardware and software that allow users to reduce server power consumption, resulting in a cost reduction for environmental cooling and reduced power usage by other infrastructure components. The SPARC T-Series power management (PM) interfaces make it easy to manage these PM features. Bruce Evans, Julia Harper and Terry Whatley have produced an article that shows how to manage power policies, power capping, and the power of idle devices on SPARC CMT Servers with the firmware CLI and BUI, as well as SNMP and IPMI tools.
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02 Mar 2012
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Destination: SPARC [25577]
Oracle Magazine Article by Davd A. Kelly
From the March/April 2012 Issue, "In 2010 Oracle committed to delivering new SPARC chips and server hardware every 12 to 18 months. Over a five-year period, this SPARC roadmap called for improvement of 4 times the cores, 32 times the threads, 16 times the memory capacity, 40 times the database transactions, and 10 times the Java operations per second. So far, on-the-ground results exceed those commitments.
Instead of what was promised on the SPARC and Oracle Solaris roadmap, Oracle is delivering more. The driving time to major SPARC milestones has gotten shorter, and with the recent release of the SPARC T4 chip, Oracle is providing better-than-promised performance."
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20 Feb 2012
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Live Migration Uses Oracle VM for SPARC (LDoms) [25507]
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Runs Throughout
The authors tested the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 on a SPARC T4 while migrating the guest domain from one SPARC T4 server to another without shutting down the Oracle DB. Testing used the Swingbench OrderEntry workload that ships with Oracle 11g to generate workload. The scenario includes a 30GB DB disk size with 18GB SGA size and 50 workload users; the time between actions taken by each user was 100 ms. The paper shows the complete configuration process, including the creation and configuration of guest domains using the ldm command.
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13 Feb 2012
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Upgrade Your Skills To Oracle Solaris 11 [25438]
Training and Certification Opportunities
Getting the most of an implementation of Oracle Solaris 11 requires, not surprisingly, an upgrade in administrative skills. Markus Weber writes a post that provides links to the variety of training materials and opportunities for users of Oracle Solaris 11. There are links to documentation, marketing and technical assets (webcast, podcasts, whitepapers, etc.), and training and certifications. In addition, the post includes a link to the podcast "Oracle Solaris 11: Upgrade Your Skills."
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06 Feb 2012
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Oracle's SPARC T4-1B Server Module [25381]
For Sun Blade 6000 Infrastructure
Oracle's SPARC T4-1B Server Module runs Oracle Solaris on the Oracle Sun Blade 6000 chassis to provide an integrated platform that delivers deployment flexibility and high performance for single- and multi-threaded enterprise and mission-critical applications. The SPARC T4-1B features up to 10 single-socket SPARC T4-1B blades, enabling it to deliver extreme compute density and deliver a 5x increase in single-thread performance and 7x increase in floating point performance over previous generation. 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) is part of the package. In addition, the SPARC T4-1B features 100% Oracle SPARC/Solaris binary compatibility for easy migration and ongoing investment protection.
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