1. Serial vs.Parallel Computing Scalable Perf. vs. Availability
Server Architectures: Competitive Technologies
Clustering
Serial MF
SMP
MPP
Performance
Price
Price/Performance
Serial vs.Parallel Computing
N-way SMP i 4 6 8 32 16
Performance - tpc
Number of Processors
w/8 way
Multinode Clusters
w/4 way 2
Performance: SMP vs. Clustering
Scalable Perf. vs. Availability
Scalable Performance
Availability
UniP
MPP FT
SMP
Clustering

2. Legacy 32/32 + Compatibility 64/32 + 64-bit 64/64
Intel SHV Roadmap
Next Gen
Itanium 2
1.4 GHz, 1.5MB, DP
Fanwood
1.2GHz, 3MB, DP
Millington
Montecito based
Dimona
Tukwila based, DP
Dual Processor (DP) Itanium
LV Itanium 2
1.0 GHz, 1.5M, DP
LV Fanwood
LV Millington
Montecito based, DP
LV Dimona
1.5 GHz, 6MB, 1.4GHz 4M, 1.3GHz 3M
Madison/1.7GHz, 9MB
Montecito
Dual Core, 2.4MB, 90nm
Tukwila
Multicore
Multi-Processor (MP) Itanium
Legacy / Compatibility 64/ bit /64
Extended Memory Accessability (64 bit pointers, 64-bit Registers) Double Precision (64 bit) Integer Flat Virtual Address Space Support
Xeon 32 +
Xeon 32/64 =
Xeon Processor MP
(4 MB L3 Cache)
Potomac
(>4 MB L3 Cache)
Tulsa
(Dual Core)
Future
Xeon DP
3.2 GHz, >1MB
Nocona/Jayhawk
3.6 GHz, 1MB
Jayhawk/Future
Dual Processor (MP) Xeon

3. *IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms)
Market Segments by Applications
eCommerce
Transaction
Processing
OLTP 1K
10 K
100 10 1
Data
Warehousing
Visual DB
DSS
(RAID - 0, 3)
(RAID - 1, 5, 6)
IOPs (Latency)
Scientific Computing
Imaging
NIC TP
Streaming
Audio
Video
HPC 1 5 10
MB/sec 50
100
500
*IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms)

4. *IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms)
Scientific Computing
Imaging
Video
*IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms)
Intranet
Data
Warehousing
(RAID - 0, 3)
500
100
MB/sec 10 1 50 5 1K
10 K
Visual DB
Transaction
Processing
Market Segments by Applications
OLTP
DSS
Streaming
(RAID - 1, 5, 6)
NIC
IOPs (Latency)

5. Server Market Segmentation - Platforms
Large SMP
Parallel Sysplex
Dynamic LPAR
SW Provisioning/VMWare
IBM: i890/p690/z990
SUN: SunFire 4800,12K
Rack Clusters High Availability/1U FF/
Hi Perform.Clusters
Linux/AIX/Solaris Clusters
HPC Clusters
DELL 1850, HP DL145,
IBMe326, Sun V20z …
ORACLE: 9iRAC/PE6650
Scale Up (Consolidated SMP Servers)
Blade Servers High Density Rack Mount
Highly Integrated Dense FF
Rapid Deployment, Flex Architect.
IBM:HS20,40, JS20, HP: 20,25,30,35p
-FUJITSU: BX300, DELL:1855
*Appro,LynxWorx,Rackable,Verari
Scale Out (Clustered Blade Servers)

6. Midplane Memory Ethernet Micro-
W/Connectors
To Blades & Back
Modules
Storage: IP NAS or FC SAN Switch
Management Modules Remote Mgmt+KVM over IP
Cooling N+1Fans/Cooling Modules
Power: N+1Power Supplies
Networking: Gbit Ethernet Switches
Blade
Control
Panel
Processor Blades
(6-24 typically)
Memory
DDR w
ECC
Gbit
Ethernet
I/F
Systems
Monitor
Module
Micro-
Processors
USB Ports, CD/Floppy I/F
© 2003 Source: IMEX Research
GbE Switch supports
Trunking/Port Aggregation
Flow Control
QoS Packet Prioritization
SNMP/RMON
IGMP/BOOTP/TFTP ……

7. Sun – E2E Hardware Implementation