Sun and Fujitsu's SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Redefines Midrange
Enterprise Computing with Industry-Leading Price Points, Power
Management and Multiple World Record Benchmarks
New Energy Efficient Chip Multi-threaded (CMT) Server with the Solaris
OS Delivers Up to 4x Higher Performance and Costs Up to 80 Percent Less
Than Competitive Systems
TOKYO & SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) October 13, 2008 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) and Fujitsu Limited (TOKYO:6702)
today announced the SPARC(R) Enterprise T5440 server, the first server
to deliver the scalability and reliability of traditional midrange
systems with the breakthrough performance and radical energy efficiency
of the UltraSPARC(R) T2 Plus architecture. More information on the SPARC
Enterprise T5440 server is available at http://www.sun.com/T5440
and http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise.
While competitive systems from IBM and HP cost as much as 80 percent
more or deliver as little as 1/4 the performance, the SPARC Enterprise
T5440 server with the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS) delivers
world record performance and enables customers to consolidate and
virtualize midrange applications, including large scale OLTP databases,
CRM and ERP. In a compact 4U package, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server
increases server utilization while reducing energy consumption and
lowering operating costs. Additionally, the SPARC Enterprise T5440
server is the first chip multi-threaded (CMT) server to scale up to four
processors.
“Sun is dramatically changing IT economics
and delivering enormous value to the midrange market that could not come
at a more critical time,” said John Fowler,
executive vice president, Systems Group, Sun Microsystems. “The
Solaris-based SPARC Enterprise T5440 server offers incredible
performance on a completely different curve in a footprint that's half
the size of the competition. For customers, it all comes down to faster,
smaller, greener, better. And with the built-in virtualization of
Solaris, they can save even more.”
“The new SPARC Enterprise server delivers the
vast scalability of 256 compute threads in just a four RU chassis,”
said Masami Yamamoto, corporate senior vice president of Fujitsu. “With
the addition of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, we will be able to
further address the needs of customers who are looking to enhance the
performance of their datacenters while gaining the benefits of energy
efficiency, consolidation and virtualization.”
ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENGINEERED FROM THE GROUND UP; OPEN SOURCE, NO-COST
VIRTUALIZATION BUILT-IN
The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, with up to 32 cores (256 threads) and
512 GB of memory, is one of the first systems to incorporate unique
power management features including the ability to park idle threads.
The server also features Intelligent Fan Control (IFC) which adjusts
rotational fan speed according to changes in temperature thereby
reducing power consumption. Running fans at lower speeds saves
significant amounts of energy, and also reduces noise and vibration
which helps extend component life. An additional design element that
maximizes power savings is dividing the chassis and fans into cooling
zones which allow a response only from those fans needed to compensate
for changes in temperature. The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server also
features a redesigned power distribution subsystem with highly efficient
digital regulators which reduce wasted energy over previous analog
designs.
With built-in, open source, no-cost virtualization via Solaris
Containers and Logical Domains (LDoms), the SPARC Enterprise T5440
server is an ideal platform for consolidating hundreds of existing
enterprise class workloads onto a single system. Additionally, for
existing Solaris customers, the Solaris 8 and 9 Containers capability
enables customers to run multiple Solaris 8 or 9 environments on a
single SPARC-based system. As a result, customers can quickly and easily
move existing physical environments to virtual containers on Solaris 10
and take advantage of the performance, scale and cost savings of new
SPARC Enterprise CMT-based servers today. Solaris 10 10/08, to be
released later in October, also enables improved virtualization
performance and includes an enhanced Solaris ZFS file system which
offers increased data integrity and a fully integrated disaster recovery
capability to help ensure business continuity.
SPARC ENTERPRISE T5440: IBM AND HP CAN'T STACK UP
The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server packs up to four processors into a
four RU enclosure weighing 88 pounds (40kg) and typically consumes just
1,575 watts of power. Based on an industry-standard Java Business
benchmark result published on SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, customers
can reduce acquisition costs and still get better performance than the
new eight processor IBM Power 560 Express system, which takes twice the
amount of physical space, weighs twice as much and consumes 26 percent
more power.(1)
The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server also offers massive I/O performance
and expandability with up to 10GB/s of raw I/O bandwidth. With the
addition of the optional External I/O Expansion unit, the number of I/O
slots available to SPARC Enterprise T5440 server can be expanded to
support up to 28 PCI-E slots, yielding 2.5x more slots than the
competing quad socket HP rx6600 server. More food for thought on the
SPARC Enterprise T5440 versus the competition is available at http://www.sun.com/proprietary6
and http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/.
SPARC ENTERPRISE T5440 DELIVERS WORLD RECORD PERFORMANCE ON KEY
ENTERPRISE BENCHMARKS; CUSTOMERS AND ISVs APPLAUD THE SPARC ENTERPRISE
T5440 SERVER
The SPARC Enterprise T5440 proves its mettle with world record
performance on seven benchmarks including the best four processor result
on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution
(SD) Standard Application Benchmark (2), Oracle's Siebel CRM Release
8.0 Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP), and single node
SPECjAppServer2004 (4). Full details on the SPARC Enterprise T5440
server's record setting performance are available at: http://www.sun.com/coolthreads/benchmarks
and http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/.
Customers and ISVs are also speaking out on the performance, energy
efficiency and value of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server.
“We ran extensive testing on the SPARC
Enterprise T5440 server running Oracle databases and it's been truly
amazing,” said Xin Wang, director of the BOSS
operations department at China Mobile. “We
were able to double our performance on the 4RU SPARC Enterprise T5440
server compared to our existing 40RU, 64 CPU system and also cut CPU
utilization by over 50 percent. We have never seen so much mid-range
computing power in such a small box while also dramatically reducing
space and power consumption.”
“The new quad-socket Sun SPARC Enterprise
T5440 server running the Solaris OS has proven itself to be an
outstanding midrange server platform for the most demanding Siebel CRM
implementations," said George Jacob, group vice president for CRM
Applications at Oracle. "Achieving a world record with 14,000 Siebel CRM
benchmark users on the Siebel CRM Platform Sizing and Performance
Program benchmark is a clear indicator Siebel CRM customers will benefit
from the performance, scalability, energy and space efficiency of this
new CMT platform.”
Additional customer and ISV comments on the new SPARC Enterprise T5440
server are available at http://sun.com/T5440
and http://www.fujitsu.com/sparcenterprise/.
PRICING, AVAILABILITY AND SERVICES
The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is available today directly from Sun
and Fujitsu and their authorized resellers starting at $44,995 (U.S.
List). Sun and Fujitsu are also offering a number of promotions on the
new SPARC Enterprise T5440 server. More information is available at http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy
and http://www.fujitsu.com/
Sun and Fujitsu also provide a full suite of services to help customers
maximize their infrastructure investments. Services from both companies
include consolidation, virtualization, maximizing data center efficiency
and migration to Solaris 10. More information is available at http://www.sun.com/service
and http://www.fujitsu.com/.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer(TM)" -- Sun drives network participation through shared
innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be
found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the
global marketplace. With approximately 160,000 employees supporting
customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems
and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications
products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to
customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported
consolidated revenues of 5.3 trillion yen (US$53 billion) for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2008. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris and the Network is the
Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries.
All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks of SPARC
international, Inc. in the US and other countries. Products bearing
SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates.
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG
in Germany and in several other countries.
(1) SPEC, SPECjbb and SPECjAppServer are registered trademarks of the
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440:
(4 chips, 32 cores) 692736 SPECjbb2005 bops, 21648 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM.
The price of Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 is available at http://shop.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Sun_NorthAmerica-Sun
_Store_US-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewStandardCatalog-Browse?CategoryName=SPA
RC_T5440&CategoryDomainName=Sun_NorthAmerica-Sun_Store_US-SunCatalog.
Comparisons are made based on information presented at www.spec.org
as of 10/10/08 and data presented here. IBM SPECjbb2005 result is
presented here: http://www03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/560/perfdata.html.
Comparisons with IBM Power 560 Express system are based on 8 processor
configuration using 80% of the maximum reported power consumption.
Detailed specifications can be found here: http://www-01.ibm.com/commo
n/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS108-715/ENUS108-715.PDF.
For pricing information reported on 10/7/08 see footnote (4) here: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/25359.wss.
(2) Configuration and results of two-tier SAP SD Standard Application
Benchmark as of Oct. 13, 2008: The SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 processors
/ 32 cores / 256 threads) server running the SAP ERP application Release
6.0 and Oracle ® 10g on the Solaris 10
achieved 7,520 SAP SD Benchmark users, the highest four-processor result
(Certification number 2008058). For more details, see http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(3) Siebel CRM 8.0 Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP)
benchmark as of 10/01/08. Sun Microsystems:14,000 users, 1 x Sun SPARC
Enterprise T5440 ( 4 x 1.4 GHz, 32 cores, 128GB RAM) Siebel CRM 8.0 SIA [20204]
ENU, Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP8, Oracle 10g R2 V
10.2.0.3.0,Solaris 10 5/08. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption
taken from measurements made during the benchmark run.
(4) Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 5836.15
SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard
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