New Sun Servers Capitalize on Design Innovation, Pack the Power of 64 Servers in a Single System.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : JAVA) today unveiled new UltraSPARC(R) T2-based servers that deliver advanced virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. capabilities, increased system utilization and industry-leading energy efficiency. The Sun SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill (R) Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers and Sun Blade The Sun Blade series was a computer workstation line developed and sold by Sun Microsystems from 2000 to 2006. The Sun Blade architecture was based on the UltraSPARC microprocessor family. The range replaced the earlier Sun Ultra workstation series. (TM) T6320 modules deliver the compute power of 64 individual systems on a single server or blade and beat competing RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. servers on web-tier tasks by over 4x while maintaining 6x better performance per watt. With the Solaris(TM) Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (OS) and free virtualization technologies built-in, these new Sun servers are the most flexible, cost-effective systems for maximizing system utilization. "Good design is about creating an experience and solving technological challenges in efficient and cost effective ways not just in a single line of servers, but across platforms," said John Fowler John Fowler may refer to:
CMT abbr. Certified Medical Transcriptionist CMT California mastitis test. volume server architectures and packing superior performance and density in a footprint at a fraction of the competition's." Created using a unified design approach developed by Chief Systems Architect Andy Bechtolsheim, Sun's x64 and CMT servers use unified system architecture designs and chassis with reliability designed-in to help ensure maximum uptime. Consistently located, swappable components also provide easy access and shorten service times. The new systems join the recently announced Sun Fire X4450 and X4150 servers, powered by quad-core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors in expanding Sun's portfolio enabling customers to solve critical problems in the data center with greater performance and density with better power efficiency than competitive systems in the market. Products and services announced today include: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers - The first servers using the UltraSPARC T2 processor, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 systems offer record-breaking performance with the highest levels of space and energy efficiency. The SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers deliver better ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business application performance in 1/4 the space at nearly 1/4 the cost of a dual socket IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) p570 with the Power 6 processor. Running the Solaris OS, these new systems are ideal platforms for customers needing to achieve increased scale, density and performance with reduced energy consumption, particularly in the web and application tiers and for technical workloads. Built-in open source, no-cost virtualization capabilities - Solaris(TM) Containers and Logical Domains (LDoms) -- enable IT staff to easily maximize system utilization, helping to lower the costs of delivering new IT services. The SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 systems are the first servers to be instantly discoverable on the network via Sun(SM) Connection. Sun Blade T6320 server module -- Delivers enhanced virtualization and consolidation capabilities for the data center with features and functionality comparable to the SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 systems in a blade form factor. Supported in the Sun Blade 6000 modular system, the Sun Blade T6320 server module is the fastest performing single-socket blade, consumes nearly 30 percent less power and is optimized for large multi-node installations. The new module is 10 times faster to deploy and service and can also mix and match with other CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. architectures and operating systems within the same chassis to address multi-tier application requirements. Learn more: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers: http://sun.com/coolthreads Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 and Sun Blade T6320 Benchmarks: http://www.sun.com/coolthreads/benchmarks Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 press release: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-10/sunflash.20071009.2.xml Sun Blade T6320 server module: http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/t6320 Sun Connection Inventory Channel: http://sunconnection.sun.com/inventory Sun is also creating solutions leveraging the SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 and Sun Blade T6320 server modules for message security and Web server encryption. More details are available at: http://www.sun.com/messagesecurity and http://www.sun.com/zerocost. Sun(TM) Management Center 4.0 - Provides in-depth monitoring and management of SPARC and x64 systems running the Solaris OS and Linux. It also helps ensure system availability, optimizes performance and scalability, and helps streamline management of environments virtualized with Solaris Containers. More information on Sun Management Center 4.0 is available at http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter/. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Sun Blade, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the US and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
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