Need 24/7 mission critical services, enterprise-size consolidation/virtualization solutions, and extreme scalability? But you want to avoid the cost of a mainframe? Then consider the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server which brings mainframe-class RAS to the open systems market. It provides the SPARC/Solaris OS advantages, mainframe-class features, and data center reliability.
At A Glance
Optimized for 24x7 mission critical computing
Features up to 16 high performance dual core SPARC64 VI processors and up to 512 GB memory
Mainframe RAS capabilities
Ideal consolidation platform with up to 16 dynamic domains and thousands of Solaris Containers per system
Up to 112 PCIe or PCI-X slots with the external I/O expansion unit
Includes Solaris 10 preinstalled
Available as a Sun System Pack, which combines the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 with the right services as one offering
100% binary compatibility with UltraSPARC processors
Installation services that help you fully utilize the industry's most open platform, built on open source technologies and open standards
Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Sets new SAP-SD World Record!
The 16-way Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 (16 processors, 32 cores, 64 threads) with 2.4 GHz SPARC64 VI processors achieved 7,300 users on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard SAP ERP 2005 application benchmark. This is a World Record for systems with 16 or fewer processors as of 04/16/07, beating the16-way IBM p-570 (16 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads) by 32% and the 16-way HP Integrity Superdome (16 processors, 32 cores, 64 threads) by 30%. [1]
"The SPARC Enterprise servers announced today demonstrates the
continuing innovation of the SPARC/Solaris platform architecture."Ted Stinson, Senior Director, Strategic Operations,Symantec Data Center Management Group
IT Space
"With the Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 server, we enjoy unparalleled
response times, the highest ratios of security, performance and
flexibility, and costs that are nearly 50 percent less than former
platforms."
Carlos Lafitte Advisor, IT Space (technology subsidiary of Grupo Villar Mir)
DBAG/Clearstream
"The tests DBAG/Clearstream conducted with the SPARC Enterprise beta platform demonstrated the scalability and SPARC 64 VI performance improvement that we required.
DBAG/Clearstream will consider the SPARC Enterprise platform for further system consolidations," Willy Schockert Director, Head of UNIX and ICSD Infrastructure, DBAG/Clearstream Services S.A.
[1] SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard SAP ERP 2004/2005 application benchmark: Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 (16-way, 16 processors, 32 cores, 64 threads) 7,300 users, 16 2.40 GHz SPARC64 VI, 256 GB, Oracle 10g, Solaris 10, Cert. 2007026, Sun Fire E6900 (24-way, 24 processors, 48 cores, 48 threads) 6,160 users, 24 1950 MHz UltraSPARC IV+, 96 GB, Oracle 10g, Solaris 10, Cert 2007023. HP Integrity Superdome-16 (16-way, 16 processors, 32 cores, 64 threads), 5,600 users, 16 1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 9050, 256 GB, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, Cert. 2006090; IBM p5 570 (16-way, 16 processors, 16 cores, 32 threads), 5,520 users, 16 2.2 GHz POWER5+, 128 GB, DB2 UDB 8.2.2, AIX 5.3, Cert. 2006044; IBM p5 595 (64-way, 64 processors, 64 cores, 128 threads), 23,456 users, 64 2.3 GHz POWER5+, 512 GB, DB2 9, AIX 5.3, Cert. 2006045. SAP, R/3, mySAP reg TM of SAP AG in Germany and other countries. More info www.sap.com/benchmark.
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The Sun/Fujitsu Alliance
Sun and Fujitsu bring you the next generation Sun SPARC Enterprise servers where scalable, mainframe reliability meets Solaris 10, the world's most advanced OS.
What's New - Solaris 8 Containers and Solaris 9 Containers Software
The Solaris 8 Containers or Solaris 9 Containers software and services
accelerate the migration of application environments currently using
Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 to new systems running Solaris 10. These new
tools allow you to capture the entire environment of the Solaris 8 or
Solaris 9 source system and then transfer this environment to the
target Solaris 10 system without application modification or emulation.
Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Containers software is available as free download.
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SPARC Enterprise Servers
Sun and Fujitsu bring you the next generation Sun SPARC Enterprise servers where scalable, mainframe reliability meets Solaris 10, the world's most advanced OS.
Upgrade to Sun SPARC Enterprise Systems and Save Up to 15%
The Sun Upgrade Advantage Program offers ongoing investment protection
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Ideal for Consolidation & Virtualization
New Sun SPARC Enterprise systems are the fastest SPARC/Solaris OS servers, bringing mainframe-class availability and partitioning to the open systems market. They're an ideal choice for consolidating and virtualizing web tier environments, smaller databases and large-scale enterprise applications alike.
Unique, mainframe-class virtualization capabilities enable you to run up to 24 hardware partitions on a single server, with more granularity than ever before, for complete isolation and control. Add to that the highly reliable and scalable software partitioning features of Solaris 10 Containers, and you're talking about some of the highest levels of utilization and efficiency your data center has ever seen.
