During the presentation of its latest processor Sparc T4, Oracle took the opportunity to unveil a high-end server that will compete with Unix platforms from Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
The T4 is the latest addition to the family of Sparc processor developed by Sun Microsystems, Oracle acquired last year. This chip has eight cores per processor against 16 for the T3, but each core runs up against 3 GHz 1.65 GHz only for the T3. According to the CEO of Oracle, it gives the T4 single-threaded performance five times higher than its predecessor. The Sparc T4 is now available in rack and blade servers (from 16 000 to $ 160,000). It will also be used in the Supercluster Sparc T4-4, a high-end system that will take up to 128 cores in a single system the size of a server rack.
A common platform to Exadata
Oracle does not yet have a price for the supercluster which he had already started talking about last year. No firm delivery date either, although John Fowler,executive vice president of Oracle Systems Group, said in an interview that the machine will be available by the end of the years. On some points, it will be similar to dedicated servers and ExadataDatabase Exalogic Elastic Cloud. In all three cases, Oracle says it has worked hard on the bricks server, storage and networking to optimize performance, and integrated its software on these platforms.
1024 cores with eight racks
The super server Oracle based on four server nodes Sparc T4, each with foursockets for up to eight cores chips 3 GHz, Infiniband switches, storage systems,ZFS, and Exadata platform. It can be purchased in a half-rack configuration or as afull rack with 4 TB of DRAM and up to 198 TB of storage space. Up to eight racks(1024 hearts so) can be linked together with a single system image, further statedLarry Ellison, "This is a very important machine.
The T4 is the latest addition to the family of Sparc processor developed by Sun Microsystems, Oracle acquired last year. This chip has eight cores per processor against 16 for the T3, but each core runs up against 3 GHz 1.65 GHz only for the T3. According to the CEO of Oracle, it gives the T4 single-threaded performance five times higher than its predecessor. The Sparc T4 is now available in rack and blade servers (from 16 000 to $ 160,000). It will also be used in the Supercluster Sparc T4-4, a high-end system that will take up to 128 cores in a single system the size of a server rack.
A common platform to Exadata
Oracle does not yet have a price for the supercluster which he had already started talking about last year. No firm delivery date either, although John Fowler,executive vice president of Oracle Systems Group, said in an interview that the machine will be available by the end of the years. On some points, it will be similar to dedicated servers and ExadataDatabase Exalogic Elastic Cloud. In all three cases, Oracle says it has worked hard on the bricks server, storage and networking to optimize performance, and integrated its software on these platforms.
1024 cores with eight racks
The super server Oracle based on four server nodes Sparc T4, each with foursockets for up to eight cores chips 3 GHz, Infiniband switches, storage systems,ZFS, and Exadata platform. It can be purchased in a half-rack configuration or as afull rack with 4 TB of DRAM and up to 198 TB of storage space. Up to eight racks(1024 hearts so) can be linked together with a single system image, further statedLarry Ellison, "This is a very important machine.
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