Sun SPARC Enterprise systems now offer 1.6 GHz processors

Chip multi-threaded (CMT) Sun SPARC Enterprise systems now offer 1.6 GHz processors. When used with the recently released Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.2, users can expect to experience additional virtualization and compute performance, simplified management, a reduction in I/O bottlenecks and accelerated application response time, Sun reports.

Combining new 1.6 GHz UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus processors with Sun LDoms 1.2 software running Solaris gives customers more of what they are looking for - increased performance, scalability and reliability with built-in virtualization capabilities and on-chip cryptographic acceleration, at no additional cost, says Sun.

"Our CMT servers with Solaris make it easy for customers to economize in the datacenter without sacrificing performance or efficiency," said John Fowler, executive vice president of Sun's Systems Group. "We've got massive density with virtualization already built-in - it's a great choice for both consolidation and the heavy lifting required by enterprise applications."

The new CMT systems featuring the 1.6GHz processors start at US$23,925 for blade server modules, and US$33,339 for rack servers.

Sun's SPARC Enterprise servers have posted more than 60 industry-leading performance results. New records just reported include:

• Two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark: The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (4 processors/32 cores/256 threads), set a four-processor world record on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with 4,720 SAP SD Benchmark users for all systems running the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application (Unicode).

• SPECjAppServer2004: The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running seven instances of Oracle WebLogic Server using Solaris Containers technology, outperformed all other competitive solutions with a single node on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark with 7,661.16 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.

• SPECjbb2005: The Sun Blade T6320 server module, running OpenSolaris 2009.06 and the latest version of Sun's Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software (version 1.6.0_14 Performance Release), has posted a single-chip world record on SPECjbb2005 benchmark.

"Sun's Solaris-based CMT servers blazed a trail with massive multi-threading, and virtualization and crypto at no extra cost," commented Fowler.

Sun Open Network Systems Enterprise 2.0 Solution for Oracle

The company also announced the Sun Open Network Systems Enterprise 2.0 Solution for Oracle that claims enterprise infrastructure deployment at up to 75 percent faster rates than traditional approaches. This solution brings together Sun CMT blade servers running the Solaris OS, the Sun Blade 6000 Multi-Fabric NEM and Open Storage with Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database. It allows for consolidation of multiple application instances through built-in virtualization on Sun's CMT blade servers.

Potential benefits for users:

• Deploy an Enterprise 2.0 infrastructure significantly faster than traditional approaches

• Improve communication and collaboration with simple delivery of social media like wikis, blogs, forums, and more

• Breakaway performance and up to 83% reduction in servers compared to competition

• Save up to 75% in storage, and up to 60% lower real estate and 65% reduced electricity costs

• Up to 55% lower networking costs, and 90% fewer networking cables required

• Advanced, easy-to-use analytics remove bottlenecks and speed performance

Sun's Open Network Systems architecture converges open computing, networking, software and storage technologies to help increase performance with efficiency and scalability for enterprise business applications including BIDW, ERP and CRM.

"Sun's Open Network Systems provide an ideal combination of performance, efficiency and cost savings for the most critical applications in the enterprise," Fowler continued.

New AMD Opteron-based Blades and Rackmount x64 Servers

New x64 blades and rackmount servers with the latest six-core AMD Opteron processors are available. The new Opteron-powered servers include the Sun Blade X6440 and X6240 server modules, the Sun Fire X4440 server and the Sun Fire X4540 storage server.

The new Opteron-based, six-core x64 solutions start at US$2,794.

Additionally, Sun introduced the Sun Fire X4640 server, designed as a modular 48-core, 4RU rackmount x64 server for virtualization. This server is expected to be released later this year.

More Information

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UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus Processors

Sun Open Network Systems Enterprise 2.0 Solution for Oracle

Logical Domains 1.2 Released with Nine New Features

Sun's CMT benchmarks

Sun x64 Systems

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