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Core Services Corporation ASP Doubles Capacity While Reducing Footprint and Costs with Sun M-Series
A leading provider of consulting and outsourcing services for Oracle applications, Core Services Corporation found it was possible to double capacity with both a reduced footprint and reduced power and cooling costs by implementing the Sun M-Series Server solution. Further gains noted by Core Services were improved application availability and increased CPU power and speed. Core Services' upgrade included Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 and M4000 database servers, along with the Sun Fire T2000 server as application servers and migrating from its Linux-based systems on Dell to Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 M2 servers. The application service provider found it possible to reduce runtime of manufacturing batch jobs by up to 67%; increase CPU idle time by 60% at load average; meet client SLA of 10% CPU idle time 97% of the time; reduce the number of CPUs needed by more than 35% and the hardware footprint by two-thirds with compact, multicore servers; and save between $200,000 to $300,000 in licensing costs. Bimal Doshi, VP for Operations at Core Services, reported that, "By going with the Sun M-Series servers, we are able to meet our SLAs with faster, better, and smaller servers. We were able to increase our capacity and actually reduce our footprint and costs." With the help of the Sun Solutions Center for Oracle, Core Services was able to opt for Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers as the best solution for its situation. These systems, which support hardware partitions and Solaris Containers, deliver 24/7 mission-critical services while reducing power, cooling, and space requirements. With the M5000 servers, Core Services can easily meet the SLAs for a client whose batch processing tasks used to require more time and hardware with smaller — and fewer — servers. “We went from 40 CPUs to about 15,” says Doshi. Moreover, “smaller” translated into an incredible two-thirds reduction in the physical space required for the previous servers. The company uses Solaris Containers in an innovative way to run Solaris 8 applications that are not yet supported by Solaris 10. In addition, it is using Sun Fire T2000 servers (both four-core and eight-core) as application servers running the Oracle E-Business Suite application tree code and is gradually replacing Dell servers with Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 servers. “We have always been happy with the uptime of Sun servers … moving our Linux systems to Sun servers has been a great experience,” says Doshi. More Information
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By going with the Sun M-Series servers, we are able to meet our SLAs with faster, better, and smaller servers. We were able to increase our capacity and actually reduce our footprint and costs 
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