Comments on: Free Sun Niagra (Sun Fire T2000) Server

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:08:23 +0000

Thanks to this entry my server arrived today. You can read about my how it goes at my blog A Common Prgrammer. Thanks for the heads up.

By: Tom Bola

Tom Bola — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:02:01 +0000

But the small print that you won’t find neither on Oracle or Sun web site is that if you want to install an Oracle database on a 8 cores T2000, you have to go with the Enterprise Edition database product, even if the licensing is for 2 CPUs, with starting prices superior to 80K$ (much more than twice the hardware price)! For Oracle sales, 1 CPU equals 1 core when you select products, and Oracle Standard Edition database is limited to 4 CPUs! Bad luck!!!

That’s another reason why Sun will have problems selling this familly of servers, even if that’s “the best platform to run Oracle” in Sun’s marketing parlance…

By: Ian Holsman

Ian Holsman — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:05:54 +0000

Hi Brad.
I’ve created a forum to try and help potential reviewers of the SunFire
It’s called:

Sun Fire Fanatics.

Hopefully your Techie and others will find it useful.

By: Computerworld Blogs

Computerworld Blogs — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:22:58 +0000

Sun T1000 approved

Unless you missed the hubbub, Sun are offering the T1000/T2000 on ‘Try and Buy’, and I’m sure there’s has been a recent spurt because of Jonathan Schwartz’s suggestion that receivers that provide good reviews might be allowed to keep them.
Now I’m no str

By: Tobias Speckbacher

Tobias Speckbacher — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:08:16 +0000

Actually, the discount is quite a bit higher.
On T1 processors each core counts as 0.25 cpu’s.
For an 8 core chip you only need 2 cpu licenses.

The 50% discount is on AMD and Intel multi core chips (0.5 cpu’s per core).

All other multi core chips are counted as 0.75 cpu’s per core.

http://oraclestore.oracle.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=11365&media=os_g_english_help_licensing

Without having reviewed the T1 architecitre in detail, the economies of this deal may actually outweigh the technical concerns associated with multi-core cpu’s for IO heavy applications, databases in particular.

By: Esley Gustafson

Esley Gustafson — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:40:44 +0000

Great blog Brad, I�ve been a frequent reader for over a year.

I look forward to reading Ross�s review. I hear T1 screams. I�ve been getting a lot of questions about these servers lately, due to Oracle�s new pricing metrics on the T1000 and T2000. Oracle is giving a 50% discount on its database and middleware products when you put them on a T1 series. The multi-core chips are flipping Oracle�s processor based pricing models on its head.

By: The Long Blonde Tail

The Long Blonde Tail — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:15:07 +0000

If You Want to Win, Give It Away

Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystem’s chief geek, is a guy with a ponytail (scoring extra points on the Long Blonde Tail-o-meter right there) who knows a thing or two about marketing. During Mashup Camp’s closing ceremonies, he gave away a brand-spanking

By: Dave Jilk

Dave Jilk — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:29:57 +0000

It doesn’t surprise me that they had trouble giving things away. The (perceived) cost for most IT departments just to DEAL with something new is so high, that giving them stuff is almost as hard as selling the stuff.

Second, the fact that it’s only free for 60 days means that it’s inherently a temporary thing, unless you actually plan on buying it – in which case the free trial doesn’t really help. I would think the only people who would be interested would be those where a Niagara would be a straightforward upgrade.