This high-end powerhouse server delivers the best of SPARC/Solaris OS computing for virtualization and consolidation projects in the datacenter. It delivers SPARC/Solaris processing with mainframe-class features and data center reliability for the open systems market. Now you can leverage Sun SPARC server quality and Solaris 10 OS power to deliver 24/7 mission critical services, and take advantage of the industry leading virtualization capabilities.
At A Glance
Optimized for 24x7 mission critical computing
Features up to 32 or 64 high performance dual core SPARC64 VI processors and up to 2 TB memory
Mainframe RAS capabilities
Ideal consolidation platform with up to 24 dynamic domains and thousands of Solaris containers per system
Up to 288 PCIe or PCI-X slots with the external I/O expansion unit
Includes Solaris 10 preinstalled
Available as a Sun System Pack, which combines the Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 with the right services as one offering
100% binary compatibility with UltraSPARC processors
Installation services that help you fully utilize the industry's most open platform, built on open source technologies and open standards
The Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000, using Sun Studio 12, topped the 1 TFLOP barrier, delivering a score of 1.032 TFLOPS on the Linpack benchmark (Highly Parallel Computing). This out-performs the best published single system from IBM p5 595 (1.9GHz POWER5) by over 2X and tops the high end single system Itanium 2 based box from HP (Superdome, by nearly 38%.[1]
Interview with Gary Combs on Virtualization in Sun
SPARC Enterprise Servers
Sun and Fujitsu bring you the next generation Sun SPARC Enterprise servers where scalable, mainframe reliability meets Solaris 10, the world's most advanced OS.
"The scalability and reliability of the SPARC Enterprise systems
based on Solaris 10 are ideal for customers to deploy the most demanding
of SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform products and solutions."Craig Rubendall, Director of Research & Development, SAS
IT Space
"With the Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 server, we enjoy unparalleled
response times, the highest ratios of security, performance and
flexibility, and costs that are nearly 50 percent less than former
platforms."
Carlos Lafitte Advisor, IT Space (technology subsidiary of Grupo Villar Mir)
DBAG/Clearstream
"The tests DBAG/Clearstream conducted with the SPARC Enterprise beta platform demonstrated the scalability and SPARC 64 VI performance improvement that we required.
DBAG/Clearstream will consider the SPARC Enterprise platform for further system consolidations," Willy Schockert Director, Head of UNIX and ICSD Infrastructure, DBAG/Clearstream Services S.A.
Sun and Fujitsu bring you the next generation Sun SPARC Enterprise servers where scalable, mainframe reliability meets Solaris 10, the world's most advanced OS.
What's New - Solaris 8 Containers and Solaris 9 Containers Software
The Solaris 8 Containers or Solaris 9 Containers software and services
accelerate the migration of application environments currently using
Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 to new systems running Solaris 10. These new
tools allow you to capture the entire environment of the Solaris 8 or
Solaris 9 source system and then transfer this environment to the
target Solaris 10 system without application modification or emulation.
Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Containers software is available as free download.
Upgrade to Sun SPARC Enterprise Systems and Save Up to 15%
The Sun Upgrade Advantage Program offers ongoing investment protection
through comprehensive upgrade programs to reduce the cost of migration to the latest Sun technology. Trade-in and upgrade qualified legacy Sun
and competitive systems, upgrade to Sun SPARC Enterprise systems, and
receive upfront trade-in discounts of up to 15%.
Worlds Largest Data Warehouse
Find out how to create an energy efficient data warehouse that is certified to accommodate over 1 PB of structured and unstructured data. Sun's Data Warehouse Reference Architecture for the world's largest data warehouse shrinks storage footprint by 6x; reduces CO2 emissions by 10x a year and reduces annual electricity costs by a factor of 10x.
New Sun SPARC Enterprise systems are the fastest SPARC/Solaris OS servers, bringing mainframe-class availability and partitioning to the open systems market. They're an ideal choice for virtualizing and consolidating web tier environments, smaller databases and large-scale enterprise applications alike.
Unique, mainframe-class virtualization capabilities enable you to run up to 24 hardware partitions on a single server, with more granularity than ever before, for complete isolation and control. Add to that the highly reliable and scalable software partitioning features of Solaris 10 Containers, and you're talking about some of the highest levels of utilization and efficiency your data center has ever seen.
