The document introduces Oracle's new SPARC T4 servers and SPARC SuperCluster solution. It provides details on the SPARC T4 processor architecture and its 5x single-thread performance increase over prior generations. It then describes the SPARC T4 server product line and highlights the performance and value advantages of the SPARC SuperCluster solution for data center consolidation, which combines SPARC T4 servers with Exadata storage.

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SuperCluster
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3. Next Generation SPARC T4 Servers
Faster. Optimized. Secure.
SPARC T4-1
SPARC T4-1B
SPARC T4-4
SPARC T4-2

4. Introducing SPARC T4 Servers
New Brain. Same Body.
Unheard of generation to generation acceleration
– Up to 5x per thread performance compared to T3 servers
– Starts at $16K – Virtualization and Security included!
– Up to $160K - 1TB of memory included!
T4-1 T4-2 T4-4
T4-1B T4-1 T4-2 T4-4
T4 Processor
• 3.0 GHz with OOO execution
T4 Systems
• Dedicated L2 128KB cache • Up to 1 TB of memory
• Shared L3 4MB cache • Built-in, no-cost virtualization with Oracle VM 9 World Records
• 8 Cores with Private L2 Cache • High-bandwidth and high-capacity I/O
• Dynamic Threading • Integrated 10GbE
• Enhanced Built-in Encryption • Solaris binary compatibility
• Built-in Virtualization

5. SPARC T4 Servers
Product Line Overview
SPARC T4-1B SPARC T4-1 SPARC T4-2 SPARC T4-4
SPARC T4 SPARC T4 SPARC T4
Processor 2.85GHz 2.85GHz 2.85GHz SPARC T4 3.0GHz
Max Processor Chips 1 1 2 4
Max Cores/Threads 8, 64 8, 64 16, 128 32, 256
DIMM Slots 16 16 32 64
Max Memory 256GB 256GB 512GB 1TB
Drive Bays 2 8 6 8
6 LP x 8 PCIe 2.0, 10 x PCIe 2.0, 16 x PCIe 2.0 EM,
2 x PCIe 2.0 EM, 4 x 1GbE ports, 4 x 1GbE ports, 4 x 1GbE ports,
2 NEM, 1 REM, 2 x 10GBE XAUI 4 x 10GbE XAUI 8 x 10GbE XAUI
I/O Slots 1 FEM slots ports ports ports
Form Factor/RU Blade Rack 2U Rack 3U Rack 5 U
Key Differentiators of SPARC T4
• 5x single thread performance increase over SPARC T3 processor while retaining
throughput performance of SPARC T3
• Expanded application workload fit to meet requirements for both multi thread and
single thread applications

6. SPARC T4-4 T-Series Server
Quad-Socket Enterprise-Class Datacenter Server for Consolidation &
Mission Critical Applications
• Compute
– 4x SPARC T4 8-core 3.0 GHz CPUs
– 64x DDR3 DIMMs, up to 1TB memory
• I/O and storage
– 8x 2.5” SAS 2.0 or SSD drives
– 16x PCIe2 EMs
– 4x 1GbE ports
– 8x 10GbE XAUI ports
• Availability and management
– Redundant, hot-plug fans and power supplies
– Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Service Processor

8. SPARC T4
5x Per Thread Performance
• 3.0 GHz
• 8 Cores, 64 Threads
• Dynamic Threading
• Out of Order Execution
• 2 On Chip Dual-Channel DDR3 Memory Controllers
• 2 On Chip 10 GbE Networking
• 2 On Chip x8 PCIe gen2 I/O Interfaces
• 16 On Chip Crypto functions
• Balanced high-bandwidth interfaces and internals
• Co-engineered with Oracle software
9 World Records and Counting

9. SPARC T4 Processor 6x 9.6GT/s Coherency Ports
2-4 Socket Scalability
DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3
BOB BOB BOB BOB
• Replace 16 S2 cores & L2$ used on
T3 with 8 S3 cores and new 4MB
L3$
Memory Controller Memory Controller
• Reuse T3 Coherence, memory
controllers, and I/O interfaces Coherency Unit Coherency Unit
• Features 4MB, 8 Bank, 16-way L3$
– 8 S3 cores, 8-64 threads @ up to Full Crossbar
3Ghz
– Single or multi-threaded
operation per core C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
C1
– System scalability to 4 sockets
• SPARC Core S3
– 1-8 Strand Dynamically NIU PEU PEU
Threaded Pipeline
– ISA-based Core S3
Crypto-acceleration 16KB I$
16KB D$ 2 XAUI 10Gb Ethernet 2 x8 PCIe gen2 @ 5Gb/s
• 4MB Shared L3$ 128KB L2$
8 GB/s each direction
FPU

11. Key SPARC T4 System Advantages
Optimizing the Datacenter
Feature Function Benefit
Faster single threaded Shorter application boot times, rapid
2.85-3.0 GHz frequency
processing batch processing for quicker results
Reduced cost for secure datacenter
Integrated encryption Up to 3x faster security
operation without a performance
engines for data encryption
penalty
Multithreaded Preserve T3 system Time savings due to no application
architecture levels of throughput changes for T4 systems
Existing SPARC/Solaris
Rapid time to adoption of new
Binary compatibility applications run
systems and new service deployment
unmodified
Flexible logical
Built-in Virtualization with Improved uptimes for critical services
partitioning and live
OVM Server for SPARC and higher system utilization rates
application mobility
Reliable, secure and Faster system updates and reboots to
Solaris 11
streamlined operation improve datacenter operations

12. SPARC T4 Innovations Drive
Performance
Proven throughput & single-thread leadership
• Throughput beats IBM Power7 & Westmere
– Direct comparisons on SPECjEnterprise, TPC-H and more
– #1s on Unlimited Apps (E-Business, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards...)
– #1s on Industry Apps
• Single-thread beats x86 & mainframe
– SPARC T4 batch leads on E-Business, JD Edwards, Peoplesoft
– Dramatic improvements over previous generation – up to 5x!
• Security architecture
– Crypto beats best x86 cpu on performance & efficiency
– Secure database, network & filesystem
• SPARC T4 has many unique architecture, pipeline,
instruction, & system optimizations!

13. World Record Java and Database Performance
SPECjEnterprise2010
2.4x faster than Power7 with DB2 and WebSphere
7x better price performance for Java
IBM: One Power 780 T4-4 Servers
$1,297,956 $467,856

14. World Record TPC-H
Beats IBM’s Claims of 4:1 Core Performance Advantage
$800K cheaper and 22% faster than Power7 & Sybase
$125K cheaper and 3.6x faster than HP Superdome & Oracle 11g
TPC-H @1000GB
See benchmark substantiation slides

15. SPARC T4 Servers
More than 50 impressed Beta customers
“At Qualcomm, our testing on the SPARC T4 systems showed huge performance improvements
and impressive results across the operating system and SunRay login server. With the T4's new
CPU performance, RAM capacity and stability of SPARC Solaris, our ‘per system user
limit’ will increase from 100 users on an M3000 to 200 users, while providing 4x CPU
headroom.”
Rob Mallory - IT Architect
“Our benchmark testing of Oracle’s SPARC T4 system on our ERP System led to impressive
results. We saw performance enhancements of up to 4x compared to our legacy
server. Deployment was easy; just a drop in. Our planned worldwide rollout will take advantage
of the SPARC T4’s very modest space, energy and heat requirements. In our production
deployment we plan to use Oracle Solaris virtualization to implement containers and consolidate
several workloads onto a single server.”
Thomas Kleber, Department Lead IT, Kromberg & Schubert GmbH & Co

18. Engineered Systems & Appliances
• Datacenter Transformation Through Innovation
Purpose Built General Purpose
Exadata Exalogic ZFS Storage Appliance
SPARC
SuperCluster
Database Appliance Exalytics

19. • Extreme Performance
• Lower TCO
• Engineered for Datacenter
Consolidation

20. SPARC SuperCluster
• Built for Extreme Performance
• SPARC SuperCluster
– Fastest General Purpose Platform
• SPARC T4 Servers
– Biggest Single Generation
Performance Boost in History
• Oracle Solaris 11
– Breakthrough scale, virtualization
and manageability

21. SPARC SuperCluster Architecture
• A Complete Infrastructure Solution for Enterprise Apps
Exadata Storage Servers
• 1,200 CPU threads
• 4 TB DRAM
SPARC T4-4 Compute Nodes
• 97 to 198 TB Hard Disk
ZFS Storage Appliance • 8.66 TB Flash
InfiniBand Switches
• 1.2M IOPS
• 42 GB/sec Storage Bandwidth
• 896 Gb/sec InfiniBand Interconnect

22. Exadata Storage Cells
• 10–50X Performance Improvements
Intelligent storage Hybrid Columnar Compression
– Smart Scan query offload – 10x compression for warehouses
– Scale-out storage – 15x compression for archives
+ + + Data remains
Uncompressed
compressed
for scans and
Smart Flash Cache in Flash
– Accelerates random I/O up to 30x
– Doubles data scan rate primary backup
Benefits test
Multiply standby dev
Compressed

23. SPARC SuperCluster Beats IBM
• Better Performance.
• Better Value.

24. • Extreme Performance
• Lower TCO
• Engineered for Datacenter
Consolidation

25. Reduced Complexity
Hardware and Software Engineered to Work Together
VS.

26. Standardized And Simple To Deploy
Lower TCO through Standardization and Simplicity
• All engineered systems are the same
– Delivered Tested and Ready-to-Run
– Highly Optimized
– Highly Supportable
– No unique configuration issues
– Identical to configuration used by Oracle
Engineering
• Runs existing database, middleware, and
Ready custom applications
to Run
– Supports past 30 years of Oracle DB capabilities
• Leverage the Oracle ecosystem
– Skills, knowledge base, people, partners
Deploy in Days,
Not Months

27. • Extreme Performance
• Lower TCO
• Engineered for Datacenter
Consolidation

28. Software Stack
Engineered to Work Together
Middleware
Oracle Fusion Middleware
Applications
Database Optional with Exalogic Elastic Cloud
11g R2, 10g and other DB
Operating System Applications
Oracle Solaris 11 E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, SAP,
for Exadata and Exalogic nodes Siebel, and much more
Solaris 10/11 nodes for applications
+
Management
Oracle Ops Center and Enterprise
Manager Grid Control
Virtualization
Oracle Solaris Zones and Oracle
VM Server for SPARC Clustering
Oracle Solaris Cluster
Oracle Clusterware

29. Oracle Optimized Solution for PeopleSoft HCM
on SPARC SuperCluster
Delivers Cost Effectiveness, Scalable Performance, and Simplicity
Fastest payroll processing
3x faster than IBM
PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM
4x faster than HP
Best response time (HR Self Service Apps)
2x faster than IBM
Highest density solution
SPARC SuperCluster 30% denser than IBM
Oracle VM for SPARC
Oracle Solaris
Oracle Solaris Cluster
Oracle Support and Advanced Consulting Services

31. SPARC SuperCluster
In Conclusion
SPARC SuperCluster provides:
• An ideal platform to support full-stack applications
• Offers all the benefits of an Oracle engineered system
– Integrated compute and storage with an InfiniBand backplane
• Offers a logical upgrade path for existing SPARC customers
• Delivers a compelling & highly competitive alternative to IBM & HP
– Superior performance at a significantly lower price
– Sysadmin savings on initial installation and ongoing support
– Reduced Total Cost of Ownership

32. New | SPARC SuperCluster
Business Value
Extreme •Optimized performance for Oracle applications
•Based on world record breaking SPARC T4-4 servers
Performance •Exadata Storage performance
•Reduced storage requirements
Complete
Lower TCO •Accelerates deployments
•Leverages existing investments
•Runs a mix of Oracle Solaris 10 and 11
Datacenter •Runs multiple databases
Consolidation •Runs multiple application tiers

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