Oracle has unveiled its next-generation Sun Fire x86 clustered systems, including blades, rackmount servers, and a 10 GbE cluster fabric, which are designed for customers that run a mix of Oracle and non-Oracle enterprise workloads across a grouping of systems.
According to Oracle, the new x86 clustered systems is an open, complete, tightly integrated clustered systems engineered across business software and hardware systems portfolio to present high performing application-to-disk solutions which can be supported and managed as a single system.
It also provides an end-to-end virtualised environment and is certified with other x86 operating systems and virtualisation platforms.
The new x86 clustered systems features include, Integrated Lights Out Manager that provides a single point of management interface for all hardware components; install and configure blades and rackmount servers with Installation Assistant; and provides seamless integration into datacenter management solutions.
Further, it reduces energy consumption with up to 45% improvement in energy efficiency over the previous generation systems and simplifies network complexity and management, and has double Virtual Machine live migration performance through its 10 GbE cluster fabric.
John Fowler, executive vice president for Sun Systems at Oracle, said: "The launch of our Sun Fire x86 Clustered Systems underscores our commitment to delivering the best, most differentiated x86 clustered solutions.
"We are the first to deliver high-performing application-to-disk solutions that can be managed and supported as a single system. This is a major step forward in providing a completely optimised solution that delivers enterprise-class performance and scale while reducing management complexity and costs for customers."
