[databases-discuss] Benefits of using Oracle with Solaris10 & SPARC64 VI CPU

[Aps Reine]

Hi Everyone - 

I'm new to the Solaris world and SPARC CPUs.  I've been an Oracle DBA for many years, but up till now it's always been on AMD/Intel Linux/Windows.  

But now we have a Solaris10 OS and SPARC64 VI CPus entering the mix .... 

So I'm wondering, what benefits do SPARC processors bring to the table?  What changes are necessary to make the most out of the SPARC CPUs?  I read a lot about how much more powerful these CPUs are, but I suppose the database has to be configured differently to make use of the threads.

Any help or links to blogs/advice/documentation would be nice.

Thanks,
Aps