Fifth-generation fault-isolated Dynamic System Domains.
Dynamic System Domains allow secure, fault-isolated, dynamic partitioning of resources within a single server - whether you need to easily manage multiple environments for many applications, or you require several high-volume, high-throughput environments. Allows you to run multiple, isolated instances of the Solaris Operating Environment and applications on a single server and enables hot-swapping of resources in and out of a domain while applications continue to run.
Provides for very high service levels by giving you the ability to respond quickly to changing resource requirements. It also contributes to investment protection by enabling consolidation of several applications on one server. Ideal for server consolidation to help lower operational, resource, and personnel costs. Each domain is fully isolated from hardware and software failures that may occur in another domain, protecting mission-critical applications and helping maintain near-continuous application availability.
Mainframe Rehosting software, including Sun Mainframe Transaction Processing software and Sun Mainframe Batch Manager software, is designed to run legacy mainframe CICS, COBOL, PL/1, VSAM, and DB2 applications on the robust Solaris Operating Environment with no change to established business rules and processes.
Replace expensive mainframe systems with cost-effective Sun Fire 15K servers.
Error correcting code and parity protection throughout system, including error protection on UltraSPARC(r) III processors, data cache, system interface, Sun Fireplane Interconnect, and console bus.
Rock-solid system with mainframe-class availability.
Support for more than half a terabyte of memory in a single domain.
For memory-intensive computation and processes, databases as large as half a terabyte in a single domain can be performed in-memory, reducing data retrievals from external disk or tape.
Designed to dramatically improve system performance and support consistent, predictable service levels.
The crossbar interconnect is designed to provide very high system bandwidth--up to 172.8 GBps peak bandwidth. Three 18X18 crossbars provide separate data, address, and response paths to virtually eliminate contention between data, address, and response traffic.
Helps deliver high service levels for a variety of applications, whether they demand memory-intensive computation or high-volume I/O. Low-latency design also translates into more predictable performance.
A feature of the Solaris Operating Environment, MPO improves the placement of memory across the physical memory of a server, resulting in increased performance.
Sun systems adhere to a consistent, binary-compatible system design based on the SPARC/Solaris/SMP combination. This design consistency, from generation to generation, helps ensure that Sun systems offer a degree of compatibility not available from any other platform vendor.
Applications run unchanged across the Sun Fire server family and across Sun server generations, protecting investments in applications and labor.
Mixed speed CPU support.
In systems with US III Cu 900 MHz processors or higher, different speed
processors can be hot-swapped into a running domain. All processors run
at their rated speeds.
Protect investments by flexibly provisioning hardware resources
as your computing needs require. No need to swap all CPUs when upgrading your system.
Sun Management Center software offers a single point of management for Sun systems and storage components, the Solaris Operating Environment, and applications running on the Solaris platform. Sun Management Center software integrates into heterogeneous IT environments and scales to allow management from one system to thousands of servers and desktop systems, from anywhere on the network.
Sun Management Center software helps lower system management costs while increasing service levels.
Sun's suite of remote management and monitoring services enables proactive, early problem detection and prompt resolution of system events. This contributes to high service levels by delivering faster problem resolution and direct access to Sun experts and design engineers. This also helps protect your invesments in staff by reducing their monitoring workload and enhancing their expertise.
Contributes to high service levels by delivering faster problem resolution and direct access to Sun experts and design engineers. Helps protect your investments in staff by reducing their monitoring workload and enhancing their expertise.
Ability to have CPU/Memory resources configured in the Sun Fire
systems which can be activated and purchased at a later date.
The COD resources provide customers with instant access to additional
resources to quickly respond to compute capacity and growth requirements
without having to purchase up front.
