Find out the differences and similarities between the newly announced Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers from Denis Sheahan, senior staff engineer in Sun's UltraSPARC Architecture Group, who has provided a detailed system overview of these UltraSPARC T2-based servers. He also offers comparisons between these new systems and the UltraSPARC T1-based Sun Fire T1000/T2000 servers.

Differences

• Height: T5120 is a 1U server while the T5220 is a 2U server.

• Power supplies: T5120 has 650 Watts, the T5220 has 750 Watts. Also, physical difference between the servers' power supplies make them incompatible.

• Number of PCI-E slots: T5120 has 3, the T5220 has 6

• Max number of disks: T5120 has 4, the T5220 has 8

Sheahan also clarifies some of the differences between the new UltraSPARC T2 components and UltraSPARC T1, answering a few FAQs:

• UltraSPARC T1 processors cannot be put in a T5120/T5220 motherboard

• UltraSPARC T2 cannot be put in a T1000/T2000 system

• A T1000/T2000 cannot be upgraded to a T5120/T5220

He notes that the T5120 and T5220 are longer, measuring 28.1 inches, than the 24-inch T1000 and T2000 systems. Additionally, the service controller is now integrated on the motherboard of the new servers versus having it on a small pcb like the current T2000.

More Technical Specs

• CPU: Processor frequency is either 1.2GHz or 1.4GHz and comes in 4/6/8-core options

• Memory: FBDIMM; 16 DIMM slots and 3 DIMM size options, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB. Maximum memory 64GB

• Fans: Unit consists of two fans connected together; hot pluggable; variable speed control

• Disks: 73GB and 146GB SAS drives (bracket is different from T2000 systems); LSI 1068E RAID controller to support eight physical disks. RAID 0+1 is available via Solaris Raidctl. No PCI-X slots.

• I/O: Two 10Gig network ports; the two interfaces are industry-standard XAUI (can convert to a fiber 10Gig connection with card)

Sheahan covers many more details on these new systems, including physical specs (i.e., slot locations) and adds accompanying photographs, in his October 9th blog. [...read more...]

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