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18 Jul 2011
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Sun Fire Servers 3D Demos [24333]
X4800, X4470 M2, X4170 M2, X2270 M2

3d demos of the Sun Fire X4800, Sun Fire X4470 M2, Sun Fire X4170 M2 and the Sun Fire X2270 M2 are available.
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11 Jul 2011
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Sun Blade 6000 Interactive 3D Demo [24339]
Shows How 6000 Chassis Integrates Server Blade Modules with High-capacity Networking and Storage Blades

A three dimensional fly-by demo of the Sun Blade 6000 chassis is available. The demo shows Oracle's flexible, eco-efficient Sun Blade 6000 chassis that integrates Oracle's x86 and SPARC server blade modules with high-capacity networking and storage blades to support a wide range of application environments.
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23 Jun 2011
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Sun Fire X4470 M2 Server: Best Virtualization Server for Business Apps [24293]
Two or Four Intel Xeon E7-4800; Up to 1 TB Low Voltage Memory

Oracle calls its Sun Fire X4470 M2 Server the "best virtualization server for business applications," especially as a consolidation platform for mixed workloads. The Sun Fire X4470 M2 offers a 35% lower TCO than comparable four-socket HP or IBM systems which, incidentally, it has beaten in standard industry benchmarks. The Sun Fire X4470 M2, that can be consistently and efficiently managed with Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager, delivers superior performance and lower power consumption with its integrated Sun FlashFire technology and up to 1 TB of low voltage memory. The key specifications of the Sun Fire X4470 M2 Server include:

  • Two or four Intel Xeon processor E7-4800 processors
  • Up to 64 DIMMs with a maximum memory of 1 TB
  • Up to six 2.5" disk drive bays for HDDs or SSDs
  • Up to four Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe cards
  • Hot-swappable disks, cooling fans, and power supply units
  • Optimized to run Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, and Oracle VM

This server is also certified to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server, and VMware.
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08 Jun 2011
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Oracle Linux 6.1 With Both 32 and 64 Bit Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [24253]
ISOs Available for Download

With the release of Oracle Linux 6.1 users can enjoy the benefits of improved IRQ balancing; reduced lock contention across the kernel (improves performance on large NUMA systems); improved network I/O via receive packet steering and RDS improvements; and improved virtual memory performance. In addition to these improvements, uses will discover numerous driver updates and both a 32 bit and a 64 bit Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. As was the case with the previous release, the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (kernel-uek-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek) is installed and enabled by default. If you prefer to maintain full kABI compatibility, the Red Hat compatible Kernel (kernel-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6) is installed as well and can be selected manually at boot up time or by changing the default in the GRUB configuration file.
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03 Jun 2011
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Oracle Linux 6.1 With Both 32 and 64 Bit Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [24233]
Features Numerous Improvements: IRQ Balancing; Lock Contention; Network I/O

With the release of Oracle Linux 6.1 users can enjoy the benefits of improved IRQ balancing; reduced lock contention across the kernel (improves performance on large NUMA systems); improved network I/O via receive packet steering and RDS improvements; and improved virtual memory performance. In addition to these improvements, uses will discover numerous driver updates and both a 32 bit and a 64 bit Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. As was the case with the previous release, the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (kernel-uek-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek) is installed and enabled by default. If you prefer to maintain full kABI compatibility, the Red Hat compatible Kernel (kernel-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6) is installed as well and can be selected manually at boot up time or by changing the default in the GRUB configuration file.
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26 May 2011
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IDC Finds Growth in Demand for Unix Servers [24203]
Outlook Improves Due to Technology-refresh Factors

Demand for high-end non-x86 servers during the first quarter helped HP and IBM to retain their position as first and second in server revenue, respectively, as determined by an IDC survey and reported by Jeffrey Burt writing in eWeek. Burt writes that, for Unix servers, Q1 was the first in the past 11 quarters to show year-on-year revenue growth, which increased 12.5 percent over the same period last year. IBM, HP and Oracle all showed improvement in their Unix server revenue numbers. Worldwide Unix revenues grew to $2.6 billion, which represented 21.8 percent of all quarterly server revenue, Burt reports. He notes also that revenue for IBM’s System z servers running z/OS grew for the third consecutive quarter, increasing 41.1 percent over the first quarter in 2010, to $1 billion, which represents 8.8 percent of overall server revenue.
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