New Sun Servers Powered by Intel Nehalem Chips
by Jeffrey Burt
Sun Blade X6270
The blade server offers up to twice the memory compacity than competing systems, Sun officials said, adding that it also is an all-in-one virtualization solution that includes server and networking capabilites when combined with Sun’s Virtual NEM (Network Express Module).
Sun Blade X6275
Sun is integrating networking capabilities into many of its systems. The SunBlade X6275 includes on-board quad data rate InfiniBand capabilities.
Sun Fire X2270
Aimed at Web architectures and HPC (high-performance computing) clusters, the X2270 offers energy efficiency and high capacity.
Sun Fire X4170
Sun officials say the highly efficient X4170 puts the performance of a 4U system into a 1U form factor, and offers savings of up to 75 percent in rack space and 60 percent in energy consumption.
Sun Fire X4270
Aimed at consolidation and virtualization environments, the X4270 can be used at branch offices, in departmental environments and in horizontally scaled data centers.
Sun Fire X4275
The X4275 offers 12 terabytes of storage at less than $1 per gigabyte. The system is targeted for use with streaming multimedia applications, Sun officials said.
Sun Ultra 27
The workstation supports Nvidia’s FX5800 technology for high-end visualization capabilities. It offers up to 12GB of main memory annd 4GB of graphics memory.