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SPARC Enterprise M3000 Architecture: High-Performance, High-Reliability, Ecologically Sustainable Server
White Papers Outfitted with the SPARC64 VII processor developed to provide both high performance and low power consumption, a large memory capacity, a reliable architecture, and a system monitoring feature, the Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise M3000 server delivers...
[June 11, 2009, 1:20]
Sun SPARC Enterprise Server Family Architecture Flexible, Mainframe-Class Compute Power
White Papers Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are highly reliable, easy to manage, vertically-scalable systems with all of the benefits of traditional mainframes and none of the associated cost, complexity, or vendor lock-in.
[May 11, 2007, 1:00]
Photos: Sun's Sparc Enterprise servers
News Sun and Fujitsu have launched their jointly designed Sparc Enterprise Server family, which is the new name for what was previously known as the Advanced Product Line. The Sparc Enterprise M4000 shown here accommodates as many as four of Fujitsu's...
[April 18, 2007, 13:02]
Sun and Fujitsu update Sparc64 VII chips
News Sun and Fujitsu on Tuesday announced new quad-core Sparc64 VII processors and an enhanced memory controller for the Sparc Enterprise server line. Sun's Sparc Enterprise servers can use both Sparc64 VI and VII processors in a single domain, meaning...
[October 14, 2009, 15:55]
Sun-Fujitsu effort produces Sparc servers
News Overall, the Sparc Enterprise Server systems are jointly designed, but they use Fujitsu's dual-core Sparc64 VI "Olympus" processor and Sun's Solaris operating system. It is now been renamed the Sparc Enterprise Server line.
[April 17, 2007, 17:53]
IBM to fill out copper server line
News Enterprise application developer Baan has reported that it takes 26 SPARC chips to achieve the same price/performance ratio as six IBM Pulsar copper chips. IBM officials say recent benchmarks show that IBM copper chips beat Sun's SPARC chips in...
[March 21, 2000, 7:47]
IBM forges ahead with dual blade strategy
News IBM's dual processor blade strategy is the reverse from Sun Microsystem which has launched blades based on its own SPARC processor first, and will deliver Intel blades later. Intel represents a departure from Sun's strategy of promoting its SPARC...
[February 20, 2003, 14:30]
Sun announces desktop Linux deal, Opteron integration
News One of the convenient ways Sun could separate Sparc from Intel-based servers was [that] Sparc was 64-bit and Intel was the 32-bit. Sun's Opteron systems will be general-purpose models, able to run business programs such as the Java Enterprise...
[November 18, 2003, 9:30]
Sun's High-Performance and Reliable Web Proxy Solution
White Papers The combination of Sun SPARC Enterprise servers with CoolThreads technology and the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server software provides a compelling foundation for a robust Web proxy solution. Sun SPARC Enterprise T1000 and T2000 servers include the...
[September 11, 2007, 1:00]
Sun and Fujitsu unveil T5440 server
News In a 4U-sized package, the Sparc Enterprise T5440 server is the first chip-multi-threaded (CMT) server to scale up to four processors, Sun claimed. Sun said customers using Solaris 8 and 9, and running multiple environments on a single Sparc-based...
[October 13, 2008, 16:55]
Sun floats Solaris expansion
News If they try to focus on both hardware -- Sparc -- and software they will fail, as they can't afford it," Hudson predicted. The move happens at the same time Sun is embarked on an effort to bring its Java Enterprise System server software to rival...
[July 21, 2004, 8:25]
Sun refreshes server lines
News The UltraSparc T1 can run 32 threads total, and the T2 can run 64, said Fadi Azhari, director of marketing for Sun's Sparc server group. Sun recently laid off 200 employees from its Sparc server group, about 7 percent of the total in the group.
[April 12, 2006, 10:20]
Sun partitions, virtualises Solaris
News Sun has updated its Solaris operating system with a feature that lets its newest Sparc-based servers run multiple copies of the Unix variant in separate partitions. Xen is incorporated into Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server and will be in Red...
[January 16, 2007, 7:55]
Analysts advise caution on Oracle-Sun deal
News Customers on Sun's Sparc hardware should protect their investments by locking in longer support agreements of five to seven years, said Gartner. The Gartner report also noted Oracle faces a challenge in terms of customers who may not want to source...
[April 27, 2009, 17:43]
Montecito Itanium arrives
News Intel retrenched, gearing Itanium to compete with Sun's Sparc and IBM's Power in "big iron" high-end servers. We've gone through that hard, painful maturation process of a new architecture," said Pat Gelsinger, general manger of Intel's Digital...
[July 19, 2006, 9:20]
IBM server takes aim at Intel's patch
News Fujitsu sells systems using its own Sparc V processor, which runs Sun's Solaris version of Unix. More enterprise IT news in ZDNet UK's Tech Update Channel. For a weekly round-up of the enterprise IT news, sign up for the Tech Update newsletter.
[May 28, 2003, 9:11]
Sun uses Intel and AMD for budget blades
News Sun's first blade servers run its own Sparc microprocessors, but the company said it intends to sell Intel and AMD-based blades that run the Linux operating system as well. More enterprise IT news in ZDNet UK's Tech Update Channel.
[May 19, 2003, 9:39]
All change at XenSource
News Hardware and software improvements under way mean Xen also will be able to work with Microsoft Windows and Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating systems and to run not just on x86-based computers but also those using IBM Power, Intel Itanium and Sun...
[February 15, 2006, 8:15]
Intel admits Itanium embarrassment
News Sparc server sales and a third of IBM Power server sales, and there are new customers and partnerships such as a major deal with computing technology supplier EDS. Power, Sparc and Itanium set to time zero.
[March 24, 2006, 9:10]
Sun seeks to restore its sheen
News If sales of Sun's Sparc systems decline faster than the company can increase sales of its Java Enterprise System and eventually N1, it may be in serious trouble. The bad news is that erosion to its Sparc server business is undeniable -- and not...
[October 8, 2003, 11:20]
