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Secured Web Scaling

The UltraSPARC T2 is no ordinary processor – it is completely network centric.  The concept of system-on-a-chip is not new.  Many processors tried to do it all.  However, the complexity in design and the volume cost were prohibitively high – until CMT.  The 8-core UltraSPARC T1 processor was designed from the ground up to handle the most demanding web-facing workloads and it was a huge commercial success. UltraSPARC T2 added the crypto processors and native 10Gb XAUI to anticipate the emerging demand for multi-phase security and high performance networking.  While UltraSPARC T1-based servers have proven their ability to handle hundreds of users in many real production environments, the new Sun Blade T6320 Server Module, powered by the UltraSPARC T2 processor, can certainly handle thousands of users with great sustainable performance.

This is why the Sun Blade T6320 Server Module for the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System makes perfect sense – the best processor for web applications in the most expandable platform for web scaling.  Installing a CMT blade server and booting up the OS takes less than 2 minutes!  Doing this over and over again for large installations, you can see why blades are taking off like mad.  There is just no easier way to scale.

But it’s not just handling hundreds of users but handling them securely that truly puts the Sun Blade T6320 Server Module in its own class. No doubt, all IT guys know security in the form of encryption is a “necessary” pain. Unsecured network is certainly unthinkable but a “highly secured” network can be a real dog! That won’t happen to anyone using the Sun Blade T6320 Server Module. Wire-speed encryption is built-in. Yes, You can have your lunch and eat it!

Posted at 09:36PM Oct 15, 2007 by Yong King Shen in Sun  |  Comments[0]