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- Sun packs big bang in tiny 2U Intel 7300 16-core server
- Sun packs big bang in tiny 2U Intel 7300 16-core serverIsn't that where Intel's solution falls down?16 cores all competing for the same FSB?AMD's press release pointed out that the memory intensive nature of VM's would prove the downfall of Intel's approach of adding more and more cores onto a...
- Tags: Network technology, Processors, Sun UltraSPARC T2, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Corp., SPECint_rate2006, FSB, T2, tiny 2U Intel 7300, server
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
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- Nehalem-EX - 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.3 billion transistors, very cool!
- Nehalem-EX - 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.3 billion transistors, very cool!Um, that should be good enough I guessntIntel needs to spec a backplaneIt would be nice if Intel would speck out an 8x backplane that processor modules could plug into. That way multiple manufactures could build compatible modules and backplanes.With...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Processors, Servers, Network technology, Nehalem-EX, transistor, processor, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-27
- Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgrade
- Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgradeAnecdotal evidenceThis is the Nth time you use this particular setup of the two 690s as a basis for comparison between AIX/Power and Solaris/Whatever. As stated in another post the problems with that system has nothing to do with AIX but with design.I can counter...
- Tags: Blade servers, Databases, Enterprise software, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, PCI, P690, T5440, Oracle Real Application Cluster
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- Sun's latest server packs a punch in performance while using less power
- Sun Microsystems, along with Fujitsu, is introducing a compelling new energy-efficient server platform that is intended to address heavy-duty tasks such as server virtualization, consolidation or even something like Web 2.0 database transactions. The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server line runs on the UltraSPARC T2 Plus architecture with...
- Tags: Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Â A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...
- Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Thinking about multicore and software
- Informit.com recently ran a fascinating Andrew Binstock interview with Donald Knuth touching on some of the same topics we discuss here - programming methods, the value of open source, and the links between programming and hardware change. I want to get...
- Tags: Software, Job, T2, Multi-core, Hardware, Multi-threading, Tim Bray, Open Source, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- The obligatory 'Victoria Falls' post
- For those who don't know, Sun's new T2+ machines extend the T2's CMT capabilities across multiple units to produce 16 and 32 core SMP machines capable of handling 128 and 256 concurrent threads respectively. Sun blogger Denis Sheahan provides a good overview of the current dual...
- Tags: T2, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Performance Opportunity, Network Technology, Networking, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Sun revs its data center efficiency message
- Sun Microsystems, which was the first major server company to qualify for utility company rebates for the energy efficiency of its technology, has upped the data center server ante with two new models in its CMT SPARC Enterprise server line. The two new systems, the T5140 and...
- Tags: Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Material, Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-12
- Costs: Wintel vs. open source
- One of the true wonders of our age is the ability lots of otherwise reasonable people have to tell you with every evidence of believing it themselves that PCs cost a few hundred bucks and last for years - and then go off to spend well over a thousand replacing...
- Tags: Wintel, Hewlett-Packard Co., Open Source, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Hey, I love you too, guy
- Here's a comment from not so frequent contributor "SO.CAL Guy": murph_z you should be the last person calling someone a zealot. your the biggest zealot on zdnet. your blog is near the bottom of the list for a reason. ...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, Intel Xeon, Performance Management, Processors, Servers, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86
- I ran into a little story on siliconrepblic.com last week which started like this: Cost drives firms from UNIX to Linux 28.11.2007 - Almost two thirds of Irish IT experts say the main motivation for...
- Tags: Staffing, Performance, Intel X86, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, Lintel, FTE, Linux Thing, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Processors, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- Linux vs. Unix (Cost)
- The MacOS X server discussion here two weeks ago included a comment from someone pushing the Linux/Unix distinction, my response pointing out that Linux is Unix and that people changing from something like HP-UX to Linux are changing Unix suppliers rather than OS architectures, and this response...
- Tags: Linux, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- Advice to a former client
- Advice to a former clientGood advice"if faith is the willed suspension of disbelief, enterprise scale windows is the paid version; a classic emperor's new clothes con - and Carson? well…"Will be joining Anton's quote on the wall:-)RE: Advice to a former clientOn Sun's CoolThreads/CMT:> the first products are out the...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Good Advice
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- AIX vs. Solaris (4)
- AIX vs. Solaris (4)Sun Ultra 24 WorkstationSun's first Intel based workstation with QUAD core starting at $995.http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra24/index.xmlbetter than a PC - but still wrongAs a sysadmin I want my desktop to replicate the production system as closely as possible. i.e if I run on SPARC, I want a sparc desktop.That's...
- Tags: Workstations, Network technology, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM AIX, X4500, Sun Microsystems Inc., T2, workstation, Sun Solaris, IBM POWER6, storage
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- Solaris vs AIX: Price/performance
- IBM's newest AIX products feature the Power6, Sun's the UltraSPARC T2. It probably makes sense, therefore, to base a data center hardware cost comparison as much as possible on these two technologies. Comparable scaling is a key issue, but there's enough consistency about the benchmark results both...
- Tags: T2, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM AIX, IBM POWER6, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Networking, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Sun Microsystems Power Center
- Fastest, most scalable and energy efficient systems. Sun is excited to announce multiple blade and rack systems based on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor. Sun's new x64 systems bring new capabilities powered by the Solaris OS and next-generation systems design. These world-class servers deliver some of the industry's top performance,...
- Tags: Processor, T2, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Server, Sun Solaris, Servers, Processors, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Resource centers 2007-10-02
- Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Server Architecture
- Delivering on the demands of Web 2.0 applications and virtualized, eco-efficient data centers requires a comprehensive approach that includes innovative processors, system platforms, and operating systems, along with leading application, middleware, and management technology. With its strong technology positions and R&D investments in all of these areas, Sun is in...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, Processors, Web 2.0, Data Centers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Internet, Storage, Data Management
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Does the capital 'G' in Google stand for Gosling?
- Does the capital 'G' in Google stand for Gosling?There are still jobs for CobolAlways a problem basing conclusions on one-off anecdotes or personal experience. There are still plenty of jobs for COBOL programmers too.Java was too slow, too late and too much trouble. Just as there are die-hards...
- Tags: Programming languages, Domain names, Network technology, COBOL, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- Barcelona, Tigerton, and the T2
- Barcelona, Tigerton, and the T2It's all goodI think the real story of Intel Tigerton/Caneland and AMD Barcelona is the real arrival of x86 "Big Iron". Sure, it has existed for years (Sequent and DG, then IBM and Unisys), but now it is affordable and real. It has great...
- Tags: Network technology, Processors, UNIX, T2, Intel Corp., RISC/Unix, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- Barcelona, Tigerton, and the T2
- Intel claims that its forthcoming Xeon 73XX CPUs are the fastest, bestest, most power efficient processors around, AMD claims the same crown thing for its "Barcelona" line, and Sun says that its T2 ultraSPARC blows both of them away. So which two are lying? ...
- Tags: Software, T2, Multi-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Bottom Line, Intel Corp., Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
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