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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle SPARC Servers

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOracle offers their SPARC line of rack servers designed, as described by the vendor, as optimal for scale-out and Cloud infrastructure.N/A

    Supermicro Ultra

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASupermicro Ultra is the company's line of higher end rack servers.N/A
    Pricing
    Oracle SPARC ServersSupermicro Ultra
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    Oracle SPARC ServersSupermicro Ultra
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Oracle SPARC ServersSupermicro Ultra
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Oracle SPARC ServersSupermicro Ultra
    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
    We have quite a bit of data that needs to be backed up - so we opted for a larger device than most small businesses/companies would likely ever need. That said, we are happy with our decision to do so. The interface within the IPMI device is easy to navigate through and get things setup. Hardware reliability is fantastic as well - as we have had no issues at all. I believe they have some smaller/lower-end devices for sale as well - but I'm not familiar with them. We're very happy with their product
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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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    Supermicro
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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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    Supermicro
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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
    The SuperMicro Ultra product line was brought to my attention from a reseller. I had never heard of them prior to the introduction. The reassurance I was given before we moved forward with the purchase is what made me feel a bit more sound with our decision. Unboxing and putting together took all of 10 minutes - getting it racked and booted maybe another 15 minutes. The device was fully online and operational (to be used as a backup location) in about an hour in total. Very clean design - fans are fairly quiet as well. The reliability we've had for the past three years has been fantastic. We're glad we selected this device as our primary backup location for our district
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    Scalability
    Oracle
    The servers scale very well with lots of CPU cores.
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    Supermicro
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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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