Sun Fire X4150 and Sun Fire X4450 servers are Sun's first quad-core x64 (x86, 64-bit) systems. Both servers can run the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS), Windows, Linux or VMware operating systems and come in a new chassis design optimized for cooling and power efficiency.

Sun Fire X4150 powered by the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series

• Available now

• Offers both Dual-Core and Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors that range from 50W to 120W
• Two-socket 1U system (up to 8 cores in a 1U footprint)
• Up to 64GB of memory with sixteen memory DIMM slots
• Up to eight hot-swappable 2.5-inch SAS disk drives
• One available bay for slot-loading DVD+/-RW drive
• Four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports (Intel NIC)
• Five USB 2.0 ports (two front, two rear, one internal)
• Three 8-lane PCI-Express slots
• Enterprise class features including redundant and hot-swappable power supplies, cooling fans and disk drives - One or two AC Power Supply Units (PSU) configured as 1+1 - Hardware RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50, 6, 60 support for internal disk drives using SAS RAID host bus adapter
• Embedded Lights Out Manager (LOM) comes standard, integrated on motherboard, enabling the server to be managed and monitored locally or remotely - Twice the memory capacity, internal disk storage and integrated networking connectivity of comparable systems

• Entry-level pricing starting at $2,995.

Sun Fire X4450 powered by the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 7300 series

• Scheduled for release in October

• Two to four Dual-Core or Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors
• Four-socket 2U system
• 32 DIMM slots total for PC2-5300 667 MHz ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 DIMMs
• System configurations from 2 GB (2x1GB) to 128 GB (32x4GB) of memory
• Four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports; One dedicated 10/100Base-T Ethernet port
• One TIA/EIA-232-F asynchronous RJ45 Port
• Eight channel SAS interfaces for internal or external drives with add-on SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
• Two USB 2.0 ports (Front), Two USB 2.0 ports (Rear), One USB 2.0 port (Internal)
• Six internal MD2 Low Profile PCI-Express slots: (2) 8-lane slots (both x16 mechanically) and (4) 4-lane slots (3 x8 mechanically, 1 x16 mechanically)
• 2.5-inch internal disk: Up to eight SAS disk drives with add-on SAS HBA, or up to six SATA disk drives (offering at end of CY2007)
• One EIDE DVD+/-RW drive
• Up to twice the compute power and memory capacity, and as much as 50 percent lower energy consumption than competitive servers

• Entry-level pricing starting at $8,895

"These new quad-core servers offer world-class performance, unmatched density and expandability, and an energy-efficient design that is much more advanced than anything from our competitors," noted John Fowler, executive vice president of Sun's Systems Group. [...read more...]

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