Oracle SPARC T4

The Oracle corporation announced in September, 2011 a new line of servers on SPARC T4 processors which show the highest gain of performance for all history Oracle SPARC. The Oracle SPARC T4 servers with the Oracle Solaris operating system are intended for any levels of infrastructure of the enterprise, says Oracle.

In general the new Oracle SPARC systems optimum are suitable for the solution of crucial tasks — both in one-line calculations, and at side-by-side execution of a large number of computing flows — and allow customers to consolidate a set of applications of different level on one server, reducing system complexity and increasing efficiency of use of its resources.

Are developed by Oracle SPARC T4 for ensuring accomplishment of applications of both Oracle, and other suppliers with a high performance, security, readiness and scalability and create a basis of the new hardware and software system Oracle SPARC SuperCluster T4-4.

According to developers, the Oracle SPARC T4 servers offer exclusive performance in comparison with the competing systems. So, in tests for data warehouses the SPARC T4-4 server by 2.4 times exceeded the competing system on performance counting on one processor, at the same time the ratio the price/performance was 33% better, claim in Oracle.

"The Oracle SPARC T4 servers differ in high performance and offer the flexible support of applications necessary for data processing centers of the next generation — John Fowler, the executive vice president of Oracle corporation for the Systems direction said. — Our customers note fivefold performance improvement for a broad spectrum of Oracle applications and other suppliers and already began to place orders for replacement of the outdated systems of our competitors".

Among key characteristics of the Oracle SPARC T4 servers it is possible to note: the built-in means of virtualization and function of dynamic migration (Live Migration) — thanks to a hypervisor of Oracle VM for SPARC and the zones Solaris the Oracle SPARC T4 servers offer the reliable virtualization platform both for separate versions of Oracle Solaris, and for the facilitated virtualization of applications within the uniform copy of the operating system (selection of server resources takes only several seconds and now gives the chance of safe dynamic migration); the built-in specialized coprocessors — support more than ten algorithms used in industry standards of security that allows to provide data protection to the companies of telecommunication, financial, state sectors and also the health sector; dynamic computing flows — the SPARC T4 processor automatically performs continuous redistribution of resources of a core for achievement of optimal balance between one-line and multithreaded workloads (in combination with Oracle Database 11g DBMS, the Oracle WebLogic Server 11g application server and Java technology the SPARC T4 processor provides optimal performance at accomplishment of any workloads of the customer in real time).

In addition Oracle presented new versions of three optimized solutions of Oracle based on the SPARC T4 servers: the optimized solution of Oracle for Oracle Database (Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle Database) — according to developers, by 2.5 times accelerates work of data warehouses and reduces time of online transaction processing in comparison with the competing offer by 20%; the optimized solution of Oracle for business applications of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (Oracle Optimized Solution for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne) — three times quicker and at least twice cheaper, than the proposal of other supplier; the optimized solution of Oracle for the Oracle WebLogic Suite application server (Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle WebLogic Suite) — its total cost of ownership is 44% lower, and performance counting on one processor is 20% higher in comparison with the competing offers.

The Oracle corporation announced at the beginning of 2012 shipment of thousands of SPARC T4 servers of the middle class with Oracle Solaris, noting fast-growing demand for the SPARC servers which does them by one of the most well sold server products for all history of the company. The SPARC T4 servers allow customers to carry out crucial tasks and corporate applications running Oracle Solaris 10 or 11, guaranteeing at the same time full compatibility at the level of binary codes with the previous versions up to Oracle Solaris 2.6 thanks to the Oracle Solaris Binary Application Guarantee Program program, says Oracle.

According to corporation, the Oracle SPARC T4 servers were already selected by more than 800 customers from the different industries, including BBVA, Core Services Corporation, Emerson, iXtend, Motorola Solutions, Portugal Telecom, Qualcomm, SirsiDynix, SkyOnline, SuperValu, TCS, Telefonica de Espana, United Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation, Wipro and Ziggo BV. "The Oracle SPARC T4 servers with Oracle Solaris offer the combination of performance, scaling and security which is precisely meeting customers needs around the world" — Masood Heydari, the senior vice president of Oracle for development of the equipment said.

The corporate Oracle SPARC T4 servers intended for accomplishment of crucial applications are developed together with a complete stack of software products of Oracle that allows clients to consolidate applications of several levels on one server, to simplify systems and to optimize use of resources.

Purchasing the SPARC T4 server from cloud Oracle Solaris 11 OS, customers have an ability to manage complete lifecycle of "cloud" thanks to failsafe environments of loading, safe return to the last operable configuration (roll-back), the updating and reset accelerated in 4 and 2.5 times respectively noted in Oracle.

At the same time the Oracle SPARC T4 servers help to cut down expenses thanks to emergence of new built-in opportunities, including the integrated hardware support of acceleration of enciphering and also solutions for virtualization of Oracle VM Server for SPARC and Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center which are not requiring additional expenses on support of systems claim in corporation.

The Oracle SPARC T4 servers are available also as a part of previously tested, set-up and completely documentary optimized solutions of Oracle (Oracle Optimized Solutions) which, according to developers, allow to reduce costs and to accelerate deployment to 4.5 times.

In the spring of 2012 the Oracle corporation announced that the SPARC T4 servers with the Oracle Solarisispolzuyutsya operating system a wide range of customers from telecom industry, including Motorola Solutions, Portugal Telecom, Qualcomm, SkyOnline, Telefonica de Espana, United Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation and Ziggo BV. The Oracle SPARC Solaris platforms ensure functioning 10 of top-10 telecommunication corporations. The new models of the SPARC T4 servers installed at them show outstanding performance during the work as with commercial, and telecommunication applications.

Expanding a line of solutions for a telecom, Oracle announced recently the Netra SPARC T4 servers certified according to the NEBS Level-3 standards which are ideal for communication networks of the next generation and provide performance, scalability and efficiency necessary for network infrastructure 4G and to environments of cloud computing.

Thanks to Oracle Solaris 11, the first OS for cloud computing, clients from a telecom will be able to use a number of important functions, including virtualization of all stack, safe, failsafe environments of loading, safe return to the last operable configuration, the updating and reset accelerated in 4 and 2.5 times respectively.

More than 3000 companies carry out crucial tasks on the Oracle SPARC T4 servers

The Oracle corporation reported at the beginning of 2013 that the SPARC T4 servers running Oracle Solaris provide accomplishment of crucial tasks more than in 3000 companies in all countries that four times more than the previous year.

"The Oracle SPARC T4-1 servers exceeded our expectations during tests for performance and compatibility of Oracle Solaris at the level of binary codes with our applications. They allowed us to replace completely the equipment, having shown by 4 times high capacity of transactions at the existing loadings that allowed us to increase transaction performance, – Nick Gates, the director of the company of SITA in the Baggage Portfolio direction told. – The Oracle SPARC T4 servers will provide support of annual 20% expansion of the BagMessage system that will allow us to provide high-quality services. That is why servers of Oracle are the preferable choice for airlines and the airports".

Unlike the competing servers, the SPARC T4 servers are delivered with the built-in Oracle Solaris operating system, means of virtualization of Oracle VM Server for SPARC and management of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c. It allows customers to simplify deployment of cloud environments and also to automate and optimize data processing centers without additional costs.

The Oracle Solaris 11.1 operating system on the SPARC T4 servers provides to customers the best platform for implementation of software products of Oracle, including the unique opportunities of work with databases and Java available only on systems running Oracle Solaris.

During the work of the optimized solution Oracle Optimized Solution for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on the SPARC T4-1 server the speed of interactive requests becomes three times faster, than when using of the competing server, – and it at three times smaller loading of processor (2). It confirms the fact that the systems of Oracle best of all are suitable for work of software products of Oracle.