Thanks all for your inputs. Currently we may have to stick to SUN Solaris SPARC machine for various reasons. I am thinking of: T5440, 128 threads, 80 GB RAM, 1.6 GHz vs M5000, 64 threads , 80 GB, 2.4 GHz (with 8 quad-core) Any idea about the price tag if you happen to know? Denis ________________________________ From: Job Miller <jobmiller@xxxxxxxxx> To: denis.sun@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, August 26, 2010 4:08:36 PM Subject: Re: Considerations to choose SUN server for Oracle they don't make 25k anymore. You are looking for the M-Series server, or something like exadata. Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers * Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server * Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server * Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server * Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server * Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 Server -