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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Oracle's SPARC Supercluster, based on SPARC T3 and M5000 servers, is a complete infrastructure solution for running Oracle database RAC environments. The SPARC Supercluster solution utilizes new SPARC servers, FlashFire, InfiniBand QDR, Oracle Solaris, and the ZFS Storage Appliance -- the technology that made it possible for Oracle to set the new TPC-C world record, The Oracle SPARC Supercluster will be available in 2011 in T3-2, T3-4 and M5000-based configurations, all of which will include SPARC T3 or M5000 servers, Sun ZFS Storage 7420 servers, and Sun Network ZFS InfiniBand Gateway Switches.
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This 21-page Oracle white paper offers a high-level discussion of the Oracle Solaris unique features and innovative technologies, such as Oracle Solaris ZFS, Oracle Solaris DTrace, Predictive Self Healing, built-in virtualization, independent security verification, binary compatibility, and others. An emphasis is placed on the link between Oracle's operating system, virtualization, cluster, and development technologies for the integrated portfolio the company now offers - the application-to-disk integration or integrated stack.
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Understand the details of how Oracle Solaris and SPARC can improve application solution environments in the white paper "Oracle Solaris and Sun SPARC Systems - Integrated and Optimized for Enterprise Computing." This technical paper explains how Oracle Solaris and the SPARC processor have been optimized for each other, and thus improve throughput, security, and resiliency throughout the application solution stack.
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Oracle Exadata V2 for SAP is momentarily under evaluation, and it is expected to be certified by early 2011. The speed of the adoption process depends on customer demand. Interested SAP users can make their desire known by downloading a request form, answering a few questions, and sending the completed form to the noted individuals listed on the form.
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