Sun SPARC Systems: Historic View
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This is a short overview of Sun's Systems history. There are a lot of interesting things in the past which help us understand current technologies and even predict their future.
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- 1. SUN SPARC SYSTEMS: HISTORIC VIEW
- Pavel Anni
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- Sun Microsystems
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2. Executive Summary
- According to historical data, typical life expectancy of Sun SPARC systems family is 6.5-7.5 years
- Systems families usually have 1.5 years overlap to allow customers make a smooth transition
- Systems have processor speedbumps over their lifetime; starting from Sun Fire family (2001) it is possible to have processor with different speeds in one system
- Technologies used in the systems families evolve over time, becoming more and more mature
3. Industry Leading ROI 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 UltraSPARC I, UltraSPARC II UltraSPARC III, IV, IV+ SPARC64 VI, VII } 6 years 7 months }7years 9 months ~ 6 - 7years 4. Systems Transition Periods 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 UltraSPARC I, UltraSPARC II UltraSPARC III, IV, IV+ SPARC64 VI, VII 1.5 years 1.5 years Consistent transition period 5. Domains story 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
- E10K
- Since 1997
- Up to 16 domains per system
- Granularity: 4 CPU + I/O (together only)
- Dynamic Reconfiguration
- Smallest system with domaining: E10K, 64-way
- Sun Fire 25K
- Since 2001
- Up to 18 domains per system
- Granularity: 4 CPU and/or I/O board
- Dynamic Reconfiguration
- Smallest system with domaining: SF 4800,12-way
- SPARC Enterprise
- Since 2007
- Up to 24 domains per system
- Granularity: 1 CPU, I/O board, 8 DIMMs
- Dynamic Reconfiguration
- Smallest system with domaining: M4000,4-way
Better granularity,More domains,Domains go mid-range Even better granularity,Even more domains,Domains go entry-level SPARC 6. RAS story 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
- E10K
- No single point of failure
- POST and Automatic Reconfiguration
- Redundant systems boards, power supplies
- Hot-swap system boards, control boards, power supplies, disk drives
- ECC and parity protection
- Sun Fire 25K (in addition to the above)
- Auto Diagnosis and Recovery
- More ECC protection
- Survive more component failures
- Redundant system controllers and clocks
- Redundant and hot-swappable PCI-X cards
- Reconfigurable Logic Centerplane
- Field Replaceble Unit ID
- SPARC Enterprise (in addition to the above)
- Reduced component count
- CPU Instruction Retry
- Memory Patrol, Extended-ECC and Mirroring
- End-to-end ECC
- Tight integration with Solaris10 FMA
- Chip level fault detection
- Automatic Dynamic Reconfiguration
- Preventive maintenance
7. THANK YOU! WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- Pavel Anni
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