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Archived Sun Workstation Articles
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14 Apr 2008
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New Ultra 20 & 40 M2 Standard Configurations and Options [19639]
Retiring Workstations' Other Configs and Options Along With Sun Blade X6220
The multi-platform Sun Ultra 20 and Ultra 40 workstations have several new configurations and options, while some of their others are being retired. Sun also is retiring the Sun Blade X6220 standard configuration and processor option because the AMD Opteron 2212 processor has reached its end of life as determined by AMD in anticipation of future faster processors.
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07 Apr 2008
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New Ultra 24 Standard Configuration and Options [19741]
Includes 45nm Technology, Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz and Q9550 2.8GHz
The Sun Ultra 24 Workstation is Sun's first Intel processor workstation based on the Intel Core2 architecture and supporting both dual and quad core processors. Sun recently announced new configurations and options for the workstation as it called others into retirement.
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24 Mar 2008
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The New Sun XVR-300 x8 Graphics Frame Buffer [19507]
Entry-level, Low TCO Accelerator for Various Sun Servers, Workstations
Sun is offering new graphics options for the Ultra 25, the Ultra 45, the Sun Fire T2000 SPARC Servers, Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers and Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server. The low-cost Sun XVR-300x8 Graphics Accelerator is powered by ATI's FireMV technology and delivers 2D, 24-bit support for resolutions up to 1920 x 1200.
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24 Mar 2008
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Building a VDI Demo With Sun Virtual Desktop Connector 1.0 [19680]
Cookbook Article Explains How to Compose a Self-Contained Demo
The recently released Sun Virtual Desktop Connector 1.0, a central management tool, simplifies installation and configuration of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) stack. Dirk Grobler has written a cookbook explaining how to compose a self-contained demo based on Sun VDI Software.
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24 Mar 2008
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Quick Tips on Setting Up the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 2.0 [19685]
Sun Blog Offers Augmentable Guide to Official Install and Admin Doc
With the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 2.0 released earlier this month, the excited masses are looking for quick tips on installing and setting it up. One Sun blog has put together a concise guide that covers preparation, installing an XP image, necessities for the virtual center, the SRSS/SGD server and testing for those eager and ready.
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17 Mar 2008
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Sun Ray Thin Clients Help Denver Health Find Efficiencies, Savings [19590]
Reduced Log-in Times Yield a Possible 1,000 Additional Patient Visits Annually
Denver Health, a comprehensive, integrated healthcare provider serving residents of the Denver area, has adopted a Sun Virtual Desktop Solution to manage their operations. The Sun Ray 2 and Sun Ray 270 clients running the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) is the IT infrastructure Denver Health chose.
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10 Mar 2008
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New Ultra 24 Workstation Standard Configurations and Options [19508]
Includes Latest Generation of Intel Core2 Processors Based on 45nm Technology
Sun has released new Sun Ultra 24 Workstation configurations and options with Intel Core2 processors, and will be retiring other configurations and options of this workstation. New features offered in these configurations include the latest generation Intel Core2 processors based on 45nm technology; the E8500 - fastest Intel Core2 Duo processor at 3.16Gz; the QX9650 - fastest Intel Core2 Extreme Quad core processor at 3.0Gz; and Intel Core2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz and Nvidia Quadro FX370.
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05 Nov 2007
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Sun Ultra 24 Benchmark Results Show Up Dell, IBM, HP on MCAD [18884]
Both 32-bit and 64-bit Tests Give Sun the Edge
In a recent blog, BM Seer reports on the Sun Ultra 24 Workstation benchmark in which the Sun product bested competitive platforms from Dell, IBM and HP on the leading software MCAD program, Pro/E Wildfire OCUS V5. Seer describes the benchmark as having a 32-bit "Normal" benchmark and a newer 64-bit "Large Memory" benchmark to show performance on larger new workloads.
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05 Nov 2007
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Sun Ultra 24 Workstation Sets Two Scientific Desktop World Records [18905]
Tops Mathematica v6.0 and Mathematica ISV Benchmark Results
The Sun Ultra 24 Workstation attained two new world records for scientific desktop performance. The workstation was a single 3.0 GHz Intel DC Xeon E6850 running the 64-bit SuSE Linux SLED 10 operating system, and the applications were Mathematica V6.0 and the Wolfram Mathematica ISV Benchmark.
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