Oracle Unveils SPARC SuperCluster T4-4

Oracle has come up with new strategic products in the name of "Oracle Database Appliance" and the "Oracle SPARC SuperCluster T4-4.  The Indian market took it really positively and optimistically approached the development. It is claimed by Oracle to be the world’s first general purpose engineered system.
In a preview of Oracle OpenWorld 2011, Oracle announced the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, the first general purpose engineered system that combines the computing power of the new SPARC T4 processor, the performance and scalability of Oracle Solaris 11, the optimized database performance of Oracle Exadata storage, and the accelerated middleware processing of the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud.
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Based on Oracle's next-generation SPARC T4 servers, these systems can deploy multiple databases and applications, and multiple tiers of applications while providing lightning-fast improvements on data compression, queries, OLTP response times, and Java middleware performance. Applications can run on a mix of Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Solaris 11 via Oracle VM Server for SPARC and Oracle Solaris Containers.
Oracle SPARC SuperCluster is ideal for the consolidation of mission-critical enterprise applications or for the deployment of Oracle Optimized Solutions, which provide fully documented best practices and ongoing full-stack and patch testing. Today Oracle announced two new Oracle Optimized Solutions for the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 that will support PeopleSoft Human Capital Management and Oracle WebCenter Content. Delivered tested and ready to run, these systems can be deployed in days, not months. Oracle continues to set the standard for engineered systems that deliver record-breaking performance in a complete and tested package.
Even the senior vice-president, Asia Pacific and Japan, Oracle, Adrian Jones, is optimistic that this new venture would escalate their position in the market to a new level, while keeping the costs at a reasonable level to attract customers. Moreover, it has been told that the "Database Appliance" has been developed using Oracle Database 11g Release 2 and Oracle real Application Clusters on a 2-node Sun Fire server cluster running Oracle Linux, which make the application more valuable and affordable.
While talking about "SPARC SuperCluster T4-4", its being said that this application is based on Oracle's new SPARC T4 servers, which is told to have the capacity to deliver performance par excellence. On the major positives is the compatibility with all current and upcoming Solaris releases these offerings could give the desired level of satisfaction to customers.
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