Posts Tagged ‘Oracle’
Microsoft and Oracle announce enterprise partnership
Saturday, 13 July, 2013 18:15 Written by Brian B
REDMOND, Wash., and REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — June 24, 2013 —
Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. today announced a partnership that will enable customers to run Oracle software on Windows Server Hyper-V and in Windows Azure. Customers will be able to deploy Oracle software — including Java, Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic Server — on Windows Server Hyper-V or in Windows Azure and receive full support from Oracle. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Linux Containers (LXC)
Sunday, 07 July, 2013 20:51 Written by Brian B
At First Customer Ship of Solaris 10, a technology known as Non-Global Zones (NGZ) / Containers were introduced into the Sun Microsystems realm. Given Oracle Corporations acquisition of Sun Microsystems, they became the “parent” of this technology as it relates to Solaris.
The technology allowed one to configure a “jail-cell” type environment where the root file system of the NGZ was chrooted in a fashion that prevented it access to the root file system of the Global Zone. The Global Zone was created when Solaris was installed.
This Technology is now being addressed/added to Linux Operating Systems.
Oracle Database 12c Runs the Cloud
Tuesday, 02 July, 2013 07:01 Written by Brian B
By Andrew Mendelsohn, SVP, Database Server Technologies
As organizations evolve their products, business models, and processes to keep pace with today’s dynamic global marketplace, Oracle is offering a powerful new database that’s optimized for cloud computing and Big Data, helping CIOs cut costs through consolidation and simplified management. Available for download from the Oracle Technology Network, Oracle Database 12c features a new architecture that allows customers to consolidate many databases into a single multitenant container database in the cloud that’s 5X more scalable than traditional databases.
Oracle Database 12c – Released for Oracle Solaris and Oracle Linux
Saturday, 29 June, 2013 23:32 Written by Brian B
Oracle Database 12c
Oracle Database 12c, the latest generation of the world’s most popular database, has been developed for the Cloud and will enable customers to make more efficient use of their IT resources while continuing to improve their users’ service levels. In addition to a raft of enhancements and new features, including a new architecture, Oracle Database 12c makes it easier for customers to take advantage of the Cloud through:
- Consolidating multiple databases with Oracle Multitenant
- Automatically optimizing data storage and compression according to usage patterns
- Providing continuous access with Oracle’s Maximum Availability Architecture
- Securing enterprise data with comprehensive defense-in-depth strategy
- Simplifying in-database analysis of Big Data
- Efficient database management using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Download http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
A SPARC CPU Overview: SPARC64-VII+ (M3), T3, T4, T5, M5, M10 – how do they compare?
Saturday, 15 June, 2013 22:29 Written by Brian B
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CPU Type |
SPARC64-VII+ (M3) | T3 | T4 | T5 | M5 | M10/SPARC64-X |
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Servers |
M3000, M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000, M9000-64 |
T3-1, T3-2 T3-4 |
T4-1, T4-2 T4-4 |
T5-2, T5-4 T5-8 |
M5-32 | M10-1, M10-4, M10-4S |
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CPU Core Codename |
Jupiter++ | S2 | S3 | S3 | S3 | Athena |
| CPU Clockfrequency | 2.66-3 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 2.85-3GHz | 3.6 GHZ | 3.6 GHZ | 2.8-3 GHz |
| Number of Cores per socket | 4 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 16 |
| Number of Threads per core | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Minimum amount of RAM, number of sockets, and threads per Server |
8GB 1 socket 8 threads |
8GB 1 socket 128 threads |
16GB 1 socket 64 threads |
256GB 2 sockets 256 threads |
1TB 8 sockets 384 threads |
32GB 1 socket 4 threads (2 cores activated from 16) |
| Maximum amount of RAM, number of sockets and threads per Server | 4TB 64 sockets 512 threads |
128 GB 4 sockets 512 threads |
2TB 4 sockets 256 threads |
4TB 8 sockets 1024 threads |
32 TB 32 sockets 1536 threads |
32TB 64 sockets 2048 threads |
| L3 Cache | no L3$ (12MB L2$ though!) |
no L3$ | 4MB | 8MB | 48MB | no L3$ (24MB shared L2$ though!) |
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Virtualization supported |
Dynamic Domains (and Zones) |
LDoms (and Zones) |
LDoms (and Zones) |
LDoms (and Zones) |
Hard Domains, LDoms (and Zones) |
LDoms (and Zones) |
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CPU architecture (ISA) |
sun4u | sun4v | sun4v | sun4v | sun4v | sun4v |
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OS supported |
Solaris 10, 11 | Solaris 10, 11 | Solaris 10, 11 | Solaris 10, 11 | Control Domain: S11 only. Guest Domains: Solaris 10, 11 |
Solaris 10, 11 |
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noteworthy features |
electronically separated domains | 512 threads in 2010! | First S3 based, single thread AND throughput | 1024 threads in 8 RU |
Mainframe class,
Mission critical
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Software on Chip |