A Look at Solaris 10 and Sun's Dual Core Fire V40z
by Kristopher Kubicki on June 29, 2005 4:00 PM EST- Posted in
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The Test
We are mostly concerned with how the machine performs under Solaris 10 in comparison to SUSE 9, but we are also concerned with performance from the previous generation V40z to this one. Our very own Johan De Gelas recently wrote a very detailed comparison of various Linux database setups, so we won't spend as much time on database benchmarks for this review. Make no mistake, however, that a machine like the V40z makes the most sense in a database environment. We will use very similar benchmarks to the previous V40z examination, but we will also draw on some references from our Linux workstation articles.
| Test Configurations | ||
Machine: |
Sun Fire V40z (Dual Core) |
Sun Fire V40z |
Processor: |
(4) AMD Opteron 875 |
(4) AMD Opteron 850 |
RAM: |
8 x 1024MB PC-2700 |
8 x 1024MB PC-2700 |
Hard Drives |
SCSI u320 Seagate Cheetah 10,000RPM |
SCSI u320 Seagate Cheetah 10,000RPM |
Memory Timings: |
Default |
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Operating System(s): |
SuSE 9.1 Professional |
SUSE SLES 9 Solaris 10 |
Kernel: |
Linux 2.6.8 |
Linux 2.6.5 |
Compiler: |
linux:~ # gcc -v |
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Our tests consist of everything from render benchmarks to database to compilation benchmarks. Each of these are designed to stress a particular portion of the system. As we mentioned earlier, the V40z is a premiere platform for databases due to the large amounts of CPU and memory. All tests are done with x86_64 binaries on Solaris and Linux unless otherwise noted. Furthermore, all programs are compiled via GCC with the flags mentioned in the table above.
X was disabled during these benchmarks to reduce overhead.
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KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - link
It brings up the Article Search box because I had to disable the article until we figure out the IE problem.Thanks,
Kristopher
yelo333 - Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - link
Is it just me, or is it normal to have problems reading anything but the first page? When I click to go to the next page, it just brings up the "article search" box. The print version also doesn't work.Using Firefox on linux. All extensions were disabled for the purpose of troubleshooting, with the same response.
As it is right now, even clicking the article results in the "Article Search" box, rather then the article. I was able to read the first page about 5 min ago, though.
mircea - Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - link
Page 3, 2nd last pharagraph, 4th line "we were ample to use the analyzer"I guess you want to say "able".
jm20 - Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - link
wierd rendering in IE, does not produce a background and the formatting looks off. Also page 2 is not visible and sends me to the article search page.Marlin1975 - Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - link
yea weird rendering to say the least, that and nothing after page 2?BurntKooshie - Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - link
http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=24...Shouldn't the first graph list SLES9 as one of the test parameters isntead of two Solaris 10's?
KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - link
If anyone is getting weird rendering in IE, please email me kristopher@anandtech.comKristopher