The systems have new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors with up to twice the storage, memory and I/O capacity.
Sun's portfolio of processor-based servers offers a choice of Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), Linux, Windows and VMWare.
All x64 systems are available for a free 60-day trial via Sun's Try and Buy Program via its website.
"Sun's AMD Opteron processor-based x64 servers stand out in three areas that matter to customers -- performance, energy efficiency and scalability," said Lisa Sieker, vice president, systems marketing, Sun Microsystems.
"Sun's innovative systems design with Solaris and the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor is a potent combination for complex workloads in HPC, as well as virtualisation and consolidation."
Key systems in Sun's x64 family include: Sun Blade X6440 server module, Sun Fire X4600 M2 server, Sun Fire X4240 server and Sun Fire X4440 server.
Sun fires up servers and blade systems
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Staff Writers
on Dec 11, 2008 11:30AM
