Here's an interesting bit of information from Sun Microsystems. It seems that it decided to give its SPARC enterprise servers a bit of an extra boost in performance with new quad core SPARC64 processors, as well as a new and enhanced memory controller for the SPARC enterprise server line-up. Curious how the SPARC64 fares in terms of performance when compared with previous generation processors? Well, how will a 25 percent increase in performance suit you?

"Our SPARC Enterprise servers with the Solaris OS offer a compelling combination of mainframe class performance and reliability as well as virtualization and consolidation capabilities in an open system," said John Fowler, executive vice president, Systems Group, Sun Microsystems. “The update we're announcing today makes it possible for customers to increase the performance of mission-critical enterprise applications while capitalizing on existing infrastructure investments with upgrades at half the cost of IBM.”

The SPARC servers will also have the capability of mixing SPARC64 VI and VII processors in a single domain so as to allow customers to dynamically add processing resources without having losing time (time is money, right?) and also without needing to change any hardware in the process. The new SPARC64 enhanced servers are currently available from Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu directly. The processors will run at 2.88GHz for the SPARC Enterprise M9000 and M8000 servers and at 2.53GHz for the M5000 and M4000 servers.

Noriyuki Toyoki, corporate vice president of Fujitsu, will be ending this article, “The enhanced SPARC64 VII processors deliver world class performance. By upgrading to these new processors, customers can grow their business performance without sacrificing existing IT infrastructure investments. [...] With new processors and excellent virtualization features built into SPARC Enterprise servers, we are confident customers will achieve dramatic increases in IT resource efficiency. They will also significantly extend the life of their server investment.”


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