Software in Silicon
Oracle’s SPARC M7 servers are the world’s most advanced high-end systems for enterprise workloads, with unique capabilities for information security, database and Java acceleration. Breakthrough Software in Silicon technology in Oracle’s new SPARC processor provides full speed encryption, plus detection and prevention of attacks to critical data in memory.
It also enables real time analytics to be performed on OLTP databases by accelerating Oracle Database In-Memory queries in Oracle Database 12c. The combination of the world’s highest performance with breakthrough Software in Silicon features is the foundation to building the best and most secure mission critical clouds.
Powerful, Secure, Available
- Full-speed encryption allows end-to-end data protection with near-zero performance impact
- First ever hardware-based protection helps prevent malicious memory attacks and ensures the integrity of application data
- Complete stack integration enables real-time analytics on OLTP databases by accelerating the performance of Oracle Database 12c In-Memory
- World record performance running Oracle Database, Java, and enterprise applications allows you to complete more work in less time
- Highest levels of reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) in a compact, energy-efficient footprint
On-chip cryptographic acceleration
Software in Silicon technology is a breakthrough in microprocessor and server design, enabling databases and applications to run faster and with unprecedented security and reliability. The Silicon Secured Memory feature of Oracle’s SPARC M7 processor provides the capability of detecting and preventing invalid operations to application data, through hardware monitoring of software access to memory.
This can stop malware from exploiting software vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflows. The hardware approach of Silicon Secured Memory is much faster than traditional software-based detection tools, meaning that security checks can be done in production without significant impact to performance. In addition, each processor core contains the fastest cryptographic acceleration in the industry, allowing IT organizations to deliver end-to-end data encryption and secure transactions with near-zero performance impact. In summary: you can easily activate data protection and encryption security, by default, without additional hardware investment.
Respond to IT demands with extreme security and performance
Oracle’s SPARC M7-8 server enable organizations to respond to IT demands with extreme security and performance, at a lower cost compared to alternatives.
It is ideal for a wide range of enterprise-class workloads, including database, applications, Java, and middleware, especially in a cloud environment. The system is based on the SPARC M7 processor, the first to use a revolutionary technology from Oracle referred to as Software in Silicon.
Features & Benefits
| Fastest cryptographic acceleration in the industry, more than 3x faster than competitors |
Delivers end-to-end data encryption and secure transactions with near-zero performance impact and at no additional hardware cost |
| Secure, encrypted, live migration of workloads between systems |
Ensures that secure data is not exposed while maintaining the necessary uptime to keep your business running |
| Oracle's Silicon Secured Memory ensures your data is secure |
Prevents malicious memory attacks, ensures the integrity of the application data, and improves developer efficiency by verifying access to data in memory through hardware |
| Engineered for Oracle workloads |
Complete integration across the entire stack, delivering extreme performance for Oracle Database and Java workloads with outstanding value and business agility |
| Execute OLTP transactions and data analytics on a single SPARC M7-based server with in-memory technology |
Quickly access and analyze data to gain new insights for making business decisions in real time |
| Acceleration engines in the SPARC M7 processor greatly accelerate Oracle Database 12c In-Memory and the processing of uncompressed and compressed data |
Extreme acceleration of database queries and fast decompression of data sets result in unparalleled performance gains |
| Built-in, no-cost virtualization for mission-critical cloud infrastructures |
Enables you to consolidate workloads and simplify IT infrastructures, bringing new levels of efficiency, manageability, and agility to the data center |
| Single-step patching, immutable virtual machines, and easy security audits with Oracle Solaris 11.3 |
Easily deploy security patches and ensure security compliance |
Isolate applications and workloads
The SPARC M7-8 server offers one or two physical domains. This feature allows the
flexibility to isolate applications or workloads within a single managed system. When using
two physical domains, the server offers up to 4 processors per domain. When using a
single physical domain with up to 8 processors, the SPARC M7-8 server allows for high
scalability in a large memory footprint.
