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The New UltraSPARC T2 Systems: T5120/T5220 Servers and Sun Blade T6320 Get the Power of 64 Virtual Systems in a Single Unit
Sun released its first UltraSPARC T2-based servers - Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers and Sun Blade T6320 server module. These systems offer the power of 64 virtual systems in a single unit (theoretically 2500 systems in a rack) and are designed for virtualization, webscale and energy efficiency. The UltraSPARC T2 processor (codename Niagara 2) is Sun's second generation of chip multithreading technology. Targeted at high-throughput computing applications such as web servers and financial analysis, Sun also says the processor is ideal for enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning systems. These new systems are packaged like Sun's latest x86 servers for the rack and blade servers. This unified design approach was developed by Chief Systems Architect Andy Bechtolsheim and spans Sun's x64 and chip multithreading (CMT) architectures. "Good design is about creating an experience and solving technological challenges in efficient and cost effective ways not just in a single line of servers, but across platforms," said John Fowler, executive vice president, Systems Group, Sun, who unveiled these next-generation CoolThreads servers and blades with Bechtolsheim at CEC in Las Vegas. Besides the new processors, the servers also feature a new Sun chipset with eight floating point units compared to only one in the previous generation of the server family, said Warren Mootrey, senior director of volume SPARC systems at Sun. "The extra floating point operations are for financial institutions running Monte Carlo simulations, or wherever customers run security applications such as encryption," Mootrey said, reported Joseph F. Kovar, CMP Channel. "We're seeing a lot of opportunities because of this." Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers
These two servers share a common motherboard, featuring a single UltraSPARC T2 CPU but vary in disk drives and I/O expansion slots. They are optimized for the enterprise data center, specifically tier 1 and 2 workloads. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Quick Specs:
Single 1.2 GHz 4, 6 or 8 core UltraSPARC T2 processor or 8 Core 1.4 GHz processor Three low profile PCIe 8 lane slots Up to 8 x 2.5 inch disk drives, 73 GB or 146 GB 2 x 650 watt rated power supplies Four 1.5 inch fan modules Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Quick Specs:
Single 1.2 GHz 4, 6 or 8 core UltraSPARC T2 processor or 8 core 1.4 GHZ processor Six low profile PCIe 8 lane slots Up to 16 x 2.5 inch disk drives, 73 GB or 146 GB 2 x 750 watt rated power supplies Three 2.5 inch fan modules Benchmarks and datasheets for the T5120 and T5220 can be found on the Sun website. Sun Blade T6320 server module
Essentially a blade version of the T5120, the T6320 provides the added efficiency and serviceability of a blade server. Featured highlights:
Quick Specs:
4, 6 or eight core 1.2-GHz, or eight core 1.4-GHz UltraSPARC T2 processor Up to eight floating-point units On-board cryptography supporting 10 embedded security industry-standard ciphers including: DES, 3DES, AES, RC4, SHA1, SHA256, MD5, RSA to 2048 key, ECC, CRC32 Up to 64 GB main memory Up to 4 disk drives The datasheet and more product information on the T6320 are available from Sun. Check out the web event that features:
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