NextGen UltraSPARC servers are here and Ubuntu's on board
Back in the beginning of August we announced our new T2 UltraSPARC chip and the fact that Ubuntu had already been booted on it.
Well today the systems built around these monster chips (they each have eight individual cores with 8 threads per core) made their debut and once again Ubuntu and Canonical are right there with us.
The new systems are the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 (the 1U version) and the T5220 (the 2U version) rack servers [there is also the Sun Blade T6320 but that will have to wait until another blog :) ] These guys have been designed to deliver humongous power and system utilization while at the same time delivering energy efficiency and savings (think of them as green monsters :).
These rack servers have already passed certification on the latest development release of Gutsy (Ubuntu 7.10) and will be certified on the final version to be released next Thursday. Gutsy has a lot of goodies in it to help support the T2 chips so look for more info next week.
As Ubuntu proved over a year ago, SPARC isn't just for Solaris any more.
Check out other, more technical blogs on the new systems here.
Pau for now...
I have a T1 server running Ubuntu that has been gathering dust as I cannot find a 1.5 or later JVM to run on it. Can you point me in the right direction to find such a beast?
Posted by David Buttler on October 09, 2007 at 05:05 PM CDT #
David, let me check with a couple of folks and get back to you. thx
Posted by Barton on October 09, 2007 at 09:13 PM CDT #
David, unfortunately here's what I heard back: At this time we don't have a JVM available for the T1000. It is something we've heard demand for from several customers, and we're evaluating how we might meet this need.
Sorry we don't have a better answer for you right now!
Posted by Barton on October 12, 2007 at 01:56 PM CDT #
Request your kind help on the following..
Ubuntu 7.10 installation on Sparc T5220.
Downloaded the correct image from ubuntu site.
Tried installation through local DVD rom and also through tftp boot installation hangs after SILO.
Even purchased cannonical support from Ubuntu but still in vain.
We have even tried an installation with LDOMs.
But could not load ubuntu on to the machine we have tried the exact version 7.10 and also 8.10.
Solaris works just great but Ubuntu ?
Posted by Vamsi on September 24, 2008 at 10:10 PM CDT #
Please help me on the below mentioned post...
Ubuntu 7.10 installation on Sparc T5220.
Or suggest some one who could help me with this ...
I have tried all the methods suggested i.e local installation, tftp and netboot but in all the three cases installer hangs...
Also the image used for installaton has also been downloaded twice to make sure it is correct I am able to use that image on other sparc machines but on Sun Enterprise T5220 it hangs.pls note solaris works fine on this machine.........
Posted by Vamsi Mohan on October 14, 2008 at 02:49 AM CDT #
Hi ,
I have been waiting for your valuable update .......
Posted by Vamsi Mohan on October 17, 2008 at 11:41 PM CDT #