Modernize Cloud Infrastructure with Oracle's SPARC Servers Data Sheet

ORACLE DATA SHEET

Modernize Cloud Infrastructure with Oracle’s SPARC Servers

Oracle’s SPARC server offering combines the latest technology in SPARC servers with a very low risk migration path that takes advantage of live migration technologies and Oracle consulting services to make it easy to modernize your server infrastructure. A special solution package enables you to have the latest technology on a predictable, periodic cost that is up to 20% less than your current server support payments. The end-to-end solution includes new technology (servers, OS, virtualization, and management), migration services, and training. KEY BENEFITS

•

•

•

•

•

Get the latest technology at a payment plan that’s up to 20% less than your current support costs.

Modernization Is Imperative for Today’s Computing Needs Taking advantage of computing trends such as social, mobile, cloud, and big data is challenging when you are constrained by an aging IT infrastructure. Legacy systems

Reduce risk with live migration technologies that enable zero application downtime during migration.

tend to be inflexible and expensive to support — often requiring a high percentage of the

Make your infrastructure cloud-ready with cloud technologies that are included with Oracle’s SPARC servers.

Reduce Costs While Modernizing

Consolidate up to 10 legacy servers on a single SPARC T-Series or SPARC Enterprise M-Series server.

infrastructure and a simplified management environment, you can save up to 50% on

Deliver optimized performance with reduced risk by combining SPARC servers with Oracle storage or Oracle software.

IT budget just to keep the lights on. Modernization is therefore imperative, but it must be accomplished within the constraints of increasingly tight IT budgets.

Newer SPARC servers can often consolidate workloads from 10 or more legacy servers, dramatically reducing operational costs. With up to 90% fewer servers in your total cost of ownership (TCO). An IDC study found that Oracle customers could achieve a three-year ROI of 267 percent and a payback in less than 13 months by doing a technology refresh. The ROI and savings stem from reduced IT infrastructure costs, optimized IT staff productivity, enhanced end-user productivity, and increased business 1

value from delivering more business volume with the increased compute power.

Oracle’s solution package also offers you a flat payment plan over four years — giving you the ability to purchase all of the tools and services you need at a monthly payment that is up to 20% less than what you’re already paying in support fees. There are no upfront costs and the financing solution bundles the cost of your new server hardware with a support contract, migration services, and implementation services to set up your virtualization environment. It also includes basic training on Oracle’s Solaris 11, Oracle VM, and Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center so that your administrators can be proficient with the tools that will help them maximize the benefits of SPARC servers.

1

Source: IDC White Paper, “Time for Change: Optimizing Datacenter Infrastructure with Technology Refresh,” by Randy Perry and Susan G. Middleton, July 2012.

ORACLE DATA SHEET

Reduce Risk with Oracle’s Migration Services The solution package includes migration services from Oracle to help reduce business risk and give you peace of mind. Whether your existing infrastructure is based on previous generation SPARC servers or legacy platforms from another vendor, Oracle Consulting and Advanced Support Services teams can collaborate with your in-house IT organization to migrate your aging infrastructure to the latest Oracle technologies offered in this solution. Oracle’s services offering addresses the full implementation lifecycle from design through deployment and go-live support. The services are based on a repeatable methodology that has demonstrated success in many large enterprise implementations.

Make Your Infrastructure Cloud-Ready By modernizing your infrastructure with SPARC T-Series and M6-32 servers, you are preparing for the cloud. Oracle’s SPARC servers are based on an integrated hardware and software stack that includes many enterprise availability technologies as well as a live migration capability that allows you to maintain constant application availability during migrations from one server to another. Advanced virtualization capabilities in Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle VM enable you to take advantage of the extreme performance and scalability of the SPARC servers to consolidate applications. In addition, Oracle Solaris 11 includes a complete OpenStack distribution, allowing administrators to centrally share and manage data center resources through a single pane of glass for management. OpenStack on Oracle Solaris provides self-service computing, allowing IT organizations to deliver services in minutes rather than weeks. Oracle also offers a complete cloud lifecycle management solution with Oracle Enterprise Manager, which enables you to quickly set up, manage, and support enterprise clouds as well as traditional Oracle IT environments.

Maximize the Value of SPARC Servers by Combining Them with Other Oracle Components One of best ways to maximize the value of SPARC T-Series and M6-32 servers is to combine them with Oracle storage and Oracle software. All components of the hardware and software stack have been tested and tuned to work together so you can avoid the typical challenges of getting a multi-vendor environment up and running and enjoy performance advantages plus a single point of contact for support.

CONTACT US

For more information about Oracle SPARC servers, visit www.oracle.com/sparc or call +1.800.ORACLE1 to speak to an Oracle representative .

CONNECT WITH US

blogs.oracle.com/oracle facebook.com/oracle twitter.com/oracle oracle.com

Copyright © 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is provided for information purposes only, and the contents hereof are subject to change without notice. This document is not warranted to be error-free, nor subject to any other warranties or conditions, whether expressed orally or implied in law, including implied warranties and conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We specifically disclaim any liability with respect to this document, and no contractual obligations are formed either directly or indirectly by this document. This document may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without our prior written permission. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Intel and Intel Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. AMD, Opteron, the AMD logo, and the AMD Opteron logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. 1014 2 | UNLEASH FASTER AND SIMPLER DATABASE SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE CLOUD