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product lines were based on early generations of CMT technology. The UltraSPARC T1 based Sun Fire T2000 and T1000 servers were launched in
December 2005 and early 2006, respectively. They were later rebranded to match the name of the UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus based Sun SPARC Enterprise T5**0 servers.
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October 26, 2015, Oracle announced a family of systems built on the 32-core, 256-thread SPARC M7 microprocessor. Unlike prior generations, both T- and M-series systems were introduced using the same processor. The M7 included the first generation of the Data Analytics Accelerator (DAX) engines.
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September 18, 2017, Oracle announced a family of systems built on the 32-core, 256-thread SPARC M8 microprocessor at 5.0 GHz. It also included the second generation of Data Analytics Accelerator (DAX) engines.
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microprocessor, which the company claims is "the world's fastest". In the T5 range of servers, the single socket rackmount server design was deprecated, while a new eight-socket rackmount server was introduced.
70:, and servers based on it, were announced in December 2005. As later generations were introduced, the term "T series" was used to refer to the entire family of processors.
214:) to create isolated virtual servers within a single operating system instance. Logical Domains and Solaris Zones can be used together to increase server utilization.
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Solaris Zones (aka
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120:The SPARC T3-series servers include the T3-1B, a
1000:"Sun delivers first UltraSparc T2-based servers"
1090:Jean S. Bozman, Matthew Eastwood (April 2012),
113:In September 2010, Oracle announced a range of
1135:"Oracle's Sparc T4 prices mask improved value"
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1188:, Rice University, p. 22, archived from
1113:Timothy Prickett Morgan (27 September 2011),
1044:Timothy Prickett Morgan (27 September 2011),
66:The first generation T-series processor, the
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128:6000 system. All other T3 based servers are
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920:"At last, Sun unveils UltraSPARC revival"
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1179:John Mellor-Crummey (14 January 2014),
940:"Sun cranks clocks on Sparc T2 and T2+"
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160:small changes in mass storage capacity
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1115:"Oracle rises for Unix server push"
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918:Ashlee Vance (6 December 2005),
202:Partitioning and virtualization
978:Ashlee Vance (10 April 2007),
958:Ashlee Vance (13 April 2006),
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1273:SPARC T4 About page by Oracle
1710:Oracle Certification Program
998:Agam Shah (8 October 2007),
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800:NIL (PCIE NVMe or SAN boot)
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385:SPARC Enterprise T5240
362:SPARC Enterprise T5220
336:SPARC Enterprise T5140
310:SPARC Enterprise T5120
414:4× UltraSPARC T2 Plus
391:2× UltraSPARC T2 Plus
1511:Programming languages
1278:SPARC M8-8 About page
1353:Héctor García-Molina
236:Processor frequency
157:doubled RAM capacity
1677:Computer appliances
1321:Corporate directors
1071:. 26 September 2011
1025:. 20 September 2010
1694:Big Data Appliance
1333:H. Raymond Bingham
1314:Oracle Corporation
417:1.2, 1.4 GHz
394:1.2, 1.4 GHz
371:1.2, 1.4 GHz
348:1.2, 1.4 GHz
344:UltraSPARC T2 Plus
322:1.2, 1.4 GHz
242:Max disk capacity
212:Solaris Containers
90:Sun Microsystems'
53:acquisition of Sun
49:Oracle Corporation
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1582:Fusion Middleware
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1363:Jeffrey O. Henley
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869:8× 2.5" SAS
860:4× SPARC M8
846:6× 2.5" SAS
837:2× SPARC M8
823:8× 2.5" SAS
814:1× SPARC M8
791:8x SPARC M7
777:8× 2.5" SAS
768:4× SPARC M7
745:2× SPARC M7
722:1× SPARC M7
708:8× 2.5" SAS
699:8× SPARC T5
685:8× 2.5" SAS
676:4× SPARC T5
662:6× 2.5" SAS
653:2× SPARC T5
639:2× 2.5" SAS
621:SPARC T5-1B
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590:6× 2.5" SAS
567:2× 2.5" SAS
558:1× SPARC T4
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544:8× 2.5" SAS
518:8× 2.5" SAS
495:6× 2.5" SAS
472:2× 2.5" SAS
463:1× SPARC T3
457:SPARC T3-1B
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354:8× 2.5" SAS
328:8× 2.5" SAS
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431:SPARC T3-1
403:April 2008
357:April 2008
282:March 2006
239:Max memory
1743:Categories
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1662:Enterprise
1575:Middleware
1541:JDeveloper
1426:JD Edwards
1406:PeopleSoft
1343:Safra Catz
1244:30 October
1075:25 January
902:References
889:8 TB
866:4 TB
843:2 TB
820:1 TB
51:after its
31:family of
1612:GlassFish
1602:Coherence
1592:SOA Suite
1587:WebCenter
1465:Databases
1368:Mark Hurd
895:Sep 2017
872:Sep 2017
849:Sep 2017
826:Sep 2017
803:Oct 2015
780:Oct 2015
757:Oct 2015
734:Oct 2015
711:Mar 2013
688:Mar 2013
665:Mar 2013
642:Mar 2013
616:Sep 2011
593:Sep 2011
570:Sep 2011
547:Sep 2011
521:Sep 2010
498:Sep 2010
475:Sep 2010
452:Sep 2010
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126:Sun Blade
61:multicore
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1649:Sun Fire
1551:NetBeans
1492:TimesTen
1451:NetSuite
1446:Sunopsis
1441:TimesTen
1431:RightNow
1411:Hyperion
1199:21 March
1164:27 March
629:SPARC T5
610:1024 GB
534:SPARC T4
439:SPARC T3
276:2× 2.5"
270:1× 3.5"
193:SPARC M8
184:SPARC M7
177:SPARC T5
171:SPARC T5
165:SPARC T5
148:SPARC T4
142:SPARC T4
136:SPARC T4
115:SPARC T3
109:SPARC T3
103:SPARC T3
92:Sun Fire
41:SPARC V9
18:SPARC M8
1502:Essbase
636:256 GB
587:512 GB
564:256 GB
541:256 GB
515:512 GB
492:256 GB
469:128 GB
446:128 GB
420:512 GB
397:256 GB
374:128 GB
351:128 GB
325:128 GB
246:GA date
218:Servers
1607:Tuxedo
1523:PL/SQL
1482:InnoDB
1456:Cerner
1416:Siebel
299:64 GB
267:32 GB
225:Model
1654:SPARC
1546:Forms
1477:MySQL
1193:(PDF)
1186:(PDF)
1097:(PDF)
797:8 TB
774:4 TB
751:2 TB
728:1 TB
705:4 TB
682:2 TB
659:1 TB
1556:Apex
1533:IDEs
1518:Java
1392:list
1246:2015
1201:2014
1166:2013
1077:2012
1031:2010
272:SATA
94:and
33:RISC
27:The
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1401:Sun
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1101:IDC
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437:1×
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