Posted Tuesday 4th November 2008 01:03 GMT
Niagara may be a multithreaded wonder, but in applications where you need a solid single-thread performance its a no-go. Think databases (especially if they are per-core licensed). M series is a reasonable upgrade path for these.
Posted Tuesday 4th November 2008 09:08 GMT
I have to tell you... running 10 virtual machines on a T2000 with nearly 0% load impact per virtual machine has been very nice... with ample per-thread performance...
I can only imagine what some of the newer CoolThreads machines will be like... this box will allow for an 800% increase in workload... http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/t5440/
It is hard to image close to a dozen virtual OS instance on any other platform... CoolThreads have me sold...
Posted Tuesday 4th November 2008 13:54 GMT
Or so the pony-tailed one would have you believe.
He even went so far as to disclose their software revenues.
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/resource/LineItems.pdf
ROTFLMAO!
Back to the article, though. This move does coincide with SUN ending it's fab dealings with TI, and moving all fab dealings to TSMC.
Paris, because even she knows the money is in "hard"ware, not "soft"ware...
Posted Tuesday 4th November 2008 14:15 GMT
You may laugh but Sun's software billings are higher than Red Hat's. Sun is the preeminent FOSS company today. This is the beginning of something big.
Posted Tuesday 4th November 2008 17:06 GMT
I agree. Sun is the largest FOSS company... PERIOD. It's not even close. Move over RH...
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