Sun Fire
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Sun Fire X4270/4275
Reviews Better known for its RISC-based servers, Sun's Xeon 5500-based Sun Fire X4270 and X4275 look set to give the competition a good run for its money.
Tags: Intel Xeon, Motherboard, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, processor, Sun Fire
Dell PowerEdge R710
Reviews Dell continues to chip away at HP's dominance of the industry-standard server market, and the 2U PowerEdge R710 is an excellent choice, although its internal storage capacity is limited.
Tags: Motherboard, SD card, Storage, Dell PowerEdge, HP Compaq ProLiant, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Sun Fire, disk, Dell Computer Corp.
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5
Reviews This is a well built and very capable 2U rack server from a respected vendor that can be configured to suit a wide variety of applications. It's particularly strong on disk capacity and PCIe expansion.
Tags: Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Server, Fujitsu Ltd., network, disk, Ethernet
Sun Microsystems debuts new x64 servers
News Company lifts curtain on new line of x64 servers and workstations, aiming to integrate networking technologies, advanced thermal management and open software.
Tags: Servers, Storage, Intel Xeon, Sun Blade, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Sun Fire, workstation, data center
Sun launches Shanghai-based servers
News The company has launched an updated line of Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Blade systems powered by AMD's first 45-nanometer Opteron processor.
Tags: Servers, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Shanghai, Sun Blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire X4440, Sun Fire X6400 M2, Sun Fire X4240, Sun Fire X2200 M2
Sun aims HPC at small organizations
News New storage, cluster systems and software aim to take high-performance computing to smaller organizations, departments and branch offices.
Tags: Supercomputing, SMB, Open-source Software, File System, Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, performance, software, high-performance computing
Sun debuts midrange "Starkitty" server
News The company unveils its Unix server, a 52-processor machine, plugging a gap in its product line that HP and IBM were able to exploit.
Sun server in "Cherry" flavor on its way
News Hoping to keep Intel a distant second in the low-end server market, Sun prepares to announce the arrival of its four-processor "Cherrystone" server Wednesday.
S'pore: Sun taps Symantec for intrusion-detection
News in brief Sun Microsystems has teamed up with security software maker Symantec to launch a new intrusion-detection system in Singapore.
Tags: IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), Security applications/tools
Ubuntu maker to distribute Sun's Java
News The open-source software distributor announces support for Glassfish software which lets programs run on servers.
Tags: Linux, Open source
Short Take: Sun reduces prices up to 16% on older servers
News Sun Microsystems Inc, whose server computers run corporate networks and Web sites, is reducing prices up to 32 percent on some older servers based on the UltraSparc II chip.
Sun looks to chip performance to bring brighter days
News Beleaguered server firm is working on a series of higher-performance processors it hopes will get profits back on track.
Tags: Processors
Photos: Taking the lid off Project Blackbox
Reviews Sun's Project Blackbox is a working data centre that fits into a standard shipping container.
Sun finds glitch in new UltraSparc III chip
News The server giant has found a problem with computers using its new UltraSparc III processor and says it's working on a software fix.
Sun finds glitch in new UltraSparc III chip
News Sun Microsystems has found a problem with computers using its new UltraSparc III processor, the company acknowledged Wednesday.
