With the launch of its Sun Fire x86 cluster systems, Oracle has released several architectural white papers along with multiple performance records on these latest Sun-technology driven servers. Oracle offers tightly integrated x86 clustered systems engineered across its business software and hardware systems portfolio to deliver high performing application-to-disk solutions that can be managed and supported as a single system.
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Learn more about Oracle's Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System in a 9-page white paper that provides an executive overview of the system. The paper offers information on the benefits of Hybrid Storage Pools, Analytics, and fully integrated software, providing specific examples along with charts and figures to demonstrate its points.
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For the most part, the Oracle Sun Fire X4170 found favor with the reviewer for V3.co.uk, Alan Stevens, who pronounced the server " ... A good choice for companies looking for maximum performance from a 1U package," and a prime candidate for virtualization service. The X4170 compares quite favorably with its chief competition, the HP ProLiant DL360 G6 and the Dell PowerEdge R610. Stevens gives the Oracle Sun product such high marks in part because " ... it's a dual-processor server capable of accommodating the same range of dual-core and quad-core Xeon 5500 Nehalem chips."
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The Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCle Card is designed to accelerate IO-intensive applications, such as databases, at a fraction of the power, space, and cost of traditional hard disk drives. It is based on enterprise-class SLC flash technology, with advanced wear-leveling, integrated backup protection, solid state robustness, and 3M hours MTBF reliability. A recent BestPerf blog reported on Vdbench 5.0 testing that measured 100% Random Read, 100% Random Write, 100% Sequential Read, 100% Sequential Write, and 50-50 read/write, and that demonstrated the maximum performance and throughput of the storage system.
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New Sun OpenStorage products planned for 2010 have been revealed and reported to SearchStorage. These include a new high-end 7000 series storage product, two new JBODs (Just a Bunch Of Disks) and an entry-level device that can hold up to 60 SAS2 drives.
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