Oracle SPARC Servers vs. Supermicro SuperWorkstation

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle SPARC Servers
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Oracle offers their SPARC line of rack servers designed, as described by the vendor, as optimal for scale-out and Cloud infrastructure.N/A
Supermicro SuperWorkstation
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Supermicro offers the SuperWorkstation line of tower servers, boasting an affordably low TCO. They support the latest Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and multiple NVIDIA GPUs to boost productivity and creativity for professional artists, designers, and engineers across industries such as manufacturing, media and entertainment, and energy.N/A
Pricing
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Oracle SPARC ServersSupermicro SuperWorkstation
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle SPARC ServersSupermicro SuperWorkstation
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
Excellent to consolidate workload using the LDom Virtualization (which is included free of charge). Good integration into Oracle Support with Automated Service Requests (ASR). Easy to migrate workloads from older servers to newer generations, such as SPARC S7 or T8. After migrating workloads from older SPARC T4 to S7, applications are approximately 2x faster.
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Supermicro
In a lab environment and for power users looking for server-related operating system compatibility but without using an actual rack server layout, works great. As a primary workstation for power users works great as well.
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Pros
Oracle
  • encryption
  • masking
  • redaction
  • subsetting
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Supermicro
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Cons
Oracle
  • We didn't have any problems whatsoever with integration
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Usability
Oracle
Extreme long lifetime (10+ years). High performance. SPARC S7 CPU has 4.2GhZ and SPARC T8 has 5GhZ. Virtualization is included for free. Very easy to use because it runs Oracle Solaris. The SPARC Servers scale very well. Oracle SPARC Servers have positively impacted our organization by improving our budget, as we can use the system for many years without having to purchase new systems.
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Supermicro
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Reliability and Availability
Oracle
No unplanned downtime over many years.
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Performance
Oracle
Very high CPU speed with 4-5 GhZ
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Support Rating
Oracle
Support requests are opened automatically.
Component replacements are very fast.
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Alternatives Considered
Oracle
In terms of the Power ecosystem, the use cases of IBM Power System S914 is very limited. Resources required for properly working PowerVM and VIOS are very difficult. In Oracle SPARC Servers setup, it is pretty easy with very limited steps to be performed. This helped our Return of Investment become positive very quickly.
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Supermicro
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Scalability
Oracle
The servers scale very well with lots of CPU cores.
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Return on Investment
Oracle
  • Does Not Support Domain Migration
  • Migration Fails When the Target Machine Has Insufficient Free LDCs
  • Limit the Maximum Number of Virtual Functions That Can Be Assigned to a Domain
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Supermicro
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