Breaking News - Platforms:
New Solaris Servers Running SPARC, AMD Opteron Processors
During its quarterly Network Computer '04 launch, Sun Microsystems Inc
introduced two new Solaris powered UltraSPARC IV servers -- the Sun Fire V490
and Sun Fire V890-powered by breakthrough Chip Multithreading (CMT) technology
that can double application throughput in the same physical footprint as its
predecessors while maintaining full binary compatibility. The new Sun Fire
V890 server builds on Sun's leadership in the 8-way market to help deliver the
best price/performance starting at under $50,000. The Sun Fire V890 is half
the price of a similarly configured system from HP and runs 10 times more ISV
applications with a price tag that is 20 percent lower than IBM's p570.
Sun also continued to expand its systems portfolio to include AMD Opteron
processor-based systems with the recently announced Sun Fire V40z server, Sun
Java Workstation W1100z and Sun Java Workstation W2100z all running the
Solaris Operating System (OS) and also capable of running Red Hat Linux, SUSE
Linux or Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
certifications.
"Sun is taking the enterprise server market to an entirely new level with
record-breaking performance, application throughput and system utilization,"
said David Yen, executive vice president of Scalable Systems Group at Sun.
"Today, we're capping the first wave of our innovative SPARC/Solaris roadmap
by doubling the application throughput of our midrange systems with UltraSPARC
IV. This is just the beginning of the exponential performance gains that will
be afforded by future generations of Sun's Chip Multithreading technology
powered by Solaris."
Sun also previewed an extension of the systems network architecture, with
radically secure applications management technology that can significantly
advance the security in network computing. The technology, which comes from
Sun's acquisition of Nauticus Networks, will add resource optimization
capabilities in upcoming Sun systems, and is designed to improve
price/performance and utilization in end-to-end service delivery by up to 10
times.
Sun Sets New Performance Records On A Variety Of Workloads
The new Sun Fire V490, Sun Fire V890 and Sun Fire V40z servers, Sun Java
Workstation W1100z, and Sun Java Workstation W2100z deliver record-breaking
throughput and world-record price/performance to tackle any datacenter
workload:
- Throughput Performance and Investment Protection: The Sun Fire V490 and Sun
Fire V890 are available today at starting prices of $30,995 and $39,995,
respectively. The Sun Fire V490 and Sun Fire V890 servers deliver up to twice
the application throughput of Sun's previous midrange server systems, while
driving unprecedented levels of utilization. The Sun Fire V490 and Sun Fire
V890 servers have set world-record benchmarks for sub-$50,000 platforms,
outperforming equivalent systems from HP and IBM in the 4- and 8-way space:
- The Sun Fire V490 server achieved world record price/performance on
the 1TB TPC-H benchmark, demonstrating the highest performance data
warehousing and database architecture at this price point.
- On the Lotus Domino R6iNotes benchmark, which simulates email users
accessing their mailboxes through the web, the Sun Fire V890 server set a
triple world-record in the 8-processor class of systems for best performance,
highest number of users per CPU, and best price/performance, demonstrating
outstanding processing power for a sub-$50,000 platform.
- The Sun Fire V890 server also confirms Sun's leadership in the High
Performance Computing (HPC) marketplace by producing the best SPECompM2001
performance result for all 8-way servers. It eclipses the recent results
posted by a similarly equipped HP AlphaServer ES80 system by up to 17 percent.
- World-record Price/Performance: Sun's comprehensive line of x86-based
servers was further enhanced with the introduction of the 4-way AMD
Opteron processor-based Sun Fire V40z server. It delivers world-record
price/performance for the most demanding 32- and 64-bit workloads,
demonstrated by industry-leading benchmark results:
- The combination of Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers running
Sun's Solaris OS delivered a world-record SPECjAppServer2002 MultipleNode
benchmark result. At $82/TOPS@MultipleNode, this result sets a new
price/performance record as well as demonstrates the ability to build the
complete infrastructure solution based on industry-leading technologies.
- On two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application
Benchmark, which emulated typical business workloads, consisting of complete
order and invoice processing, the Sun Fire V40z server posted a world-record
result for 4-way systems on Linux. This result outperforms comparable NEC,
Dell, Fujitsu Siemens and IBM servers configured with either Intel Xeon or
Intel Itanium processors by up to 64 percent, and a comparable HP server
configured with AMD Opteron processors by six percent. Results referenced are
current as of Sept. 13. The benchmarks fully comply with the SAP Benchmark
Council regulations and have been audited and certified by SAP AG..
Sun's new line of ultimate performance x86-based workstations feature
simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing, large memory support and
record-breaking performance results for high-performance industry-recognized
application suites:
- The Sun Java Workstation W2100z brings the real computing power to the
desktop as demonstrated by the best SPECompM2001 performance result for all
2-way systems. The Sun Java Workstation W2100z is a development platform that
provides a portable and scalable foundation for developing parallel
applications.
- On the BLAST benchmark, the Sun Java Workstation W1100z running the Solaris
10 OS, achieved up to 61 percent better performance than the Dell Precision
650 workstation running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0.
Sun Provides Early Glimpse Of Tomorrow's Networking Technology
Sun also revealed select capabilities of new networking technology -- from its
acquisition of Nauticus Networks -- designed for integration in future Sun
systems to add additional virtualization and resource optimization
capabilities. In preliminary tests, Sun's secure applications management
technology showed a ten-fold price/performance improvement over existing
service delivery offerings, achieving world-record capabilities such as 10,000
SSL connections per second and 2Gbps of cryptographic throughput.
"Sun is upping the ante once again on the competition. We're delivering a
comprehensive set of technologies for the datacenter that IBM, HP and Dell
can't match," said John Fowler, executive vice president of Network Systems
Group at Sun. "We offer customers system combinations to handle every
conceivable datacenter task, big or small, with SPARC and Opteron processors
running Solaris in addition to supporting Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux and
Windows. What's more, with the Nauticus acquisition, we are adding highly
secure applications management to our server product line, with dramatic
price/performance value for our customers."
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