It Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
The Sun BluePrints paper “Taking Advantage of Wire-Speed Cryptography” provides an overview of how to off-load application security functions that include cryptographic operations in conjunction with Oracle WebLogic Server and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform) application environments in order to accelerate performance while minimizing compromises.
Finding and Fixing Bottlenecks Quickly
A Sun case study focuses on its CMT series, including the UltraSPARC T1, T2 and T2 Plus processors. Author Wynne Wang looks at how a slip in the performance of a non-CMT platform might become a bottleneck in the CMT environment and the possible solutions that could alleviate these type of data center issues.
Additional Co-processor Cards, Special Licensing, Network Appliances Are Unnecessary
The Sun BluePrints Online paper “Accelerating IBM HTTP Server Cryptographic Operations Using Sun Servers with CoolThreads Technology” provides an overview of how to offload cryptographic operations onto Sun servers with CoolThreads technology to accelerate IBM HTTP Server (IHS) performance. For Sun servers with UltraSPARC T1, T2 or T2 Plus processors, on-chip cryptographic acceleration eliminates the need for additional co-processor cards, special licensing, network appliances or power hungry add-on components.
With Sun CMT Family of Systems
Record-breaking performance of the chip multi-threaded Sun SPARC Enterprise systems with newly released 1.6 GHz UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus processors have many bloggers examining the reported results and dissecting the numbers. The new processors were tested in the Sun CMT family of systems, including the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120, T5220, T5240, T5440 servers and the Sun Blade T6320 server module. Testings considered include SPECint_rate2006, SPECfp_rate2006, SPECjbb2005, SPECjAppServer2004, SAP Standard Sales and Distribution (SD) Benchmark, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (BI EE) and Zeus ZXTM HTTPThroughput.
Applies to UltraSPARC T2, T2 Plus & Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000 Servers
Sun is retiring two different products: the 73 GB, 10,000 RPM, 2.5 inch SAS disk drives for UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus Chip Multithreading (CMT) servers and the 73GB disk drive options on Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers.
Short News Items of Interest for SysAdmins
Easy-to-follow Guide Leads Readers Through the Process
A member of the BidAdmin Community, Vijay Shankar Upreti has submitted a paper entitled “Installing and Configuring Logical Domains (LDoms) for the Solaris 10 OS” that details the process step-by-step. Upreti’s procedure applies to the installation and configuration of Logical Domains Manager 1.0.3 software on UltraSPARC T1 or UltraSPARC T2 processor-based platforms as well. The author adds that the procedure has been tested on the Solaris 10 5/08 Operating System.
OpenSPARC T1 1.6 Final Release
OpenSPARC T1 is the open source version of the UltraSPARC T1 processor. The UltraSPARC T1 processor with CoolThreads technology is the highest-throughput and most eco-responsible processor ever created. Download.
OpenSPARC T2 1.0 Final Release
OpenSPARC T2 is the open source version of the UltraSPARC T2 processor. The UltraSPARC T2 processor is the industry’s first “system on a chip”, packing the most cores and threads of any general-purpose processor available, and integrating all the key functions of a server on a single chip: computing, networking, security, and input/output (I/O). Download
Learn more about these new releases by visiting the OpenSPARC Website.
