The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Energy Star requirements for computer servers, which will mean, on average, that computers with this label will be 30 percent more energy efficient than standard servers. If all servers sold in the United States were to meet this new specification, energy cost savings would grow to $800 million per year and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from more than 1 million vehicles, the EPA reported.
CommunityOne West is expected to start off with a bang as Sun launches OpenSolaris 2009.06 and previews the latest enhancements to the Sun Cloud. A live webcast beginning at 9 a.m. ET with Sun Systems EVP John Fowler and Sun Cloud Computing Senior VP and Chief Sustainability Officer David Douglas is set for June 1, 2009 - day one of the open developer conference that runs through the 3rd and starts off the week of Sun's Moscone Center events, which also includes the 2009 JavaOne Conference.
Faced with the need to manage server sprawl in shipboard datacenters; to optimize use of real estate, power and cooling in shipboard datacenters; to design redundant IT systems for current and future megaships; and to replace outdated technology, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) implemented Sun solutions that enabled the company to realize all four goals.
Catch up with what is happening in the world of Sun's xVM by reading up on Stephen Wilson's (Virtualization) blogs. In Blog 1, readers learn about What's Up with xVM – everything from releases for desktops with VirtualBox 2.2 to servers with xVM Ops Center 2.1. In Blog 2, readers find out what is meant by "Free" Hypervisor Options and how to get them, whether it is through VirtualBox or OpenSolaris.
The Sun Java Communications Suite is a communications and collaboration solution. It delivers email, calendaring, and real-time collaboration functionality for service providers and large organizations worldwide. It provides an extensible, standards-based development platform, with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability. The latest release is version 6 update 2, which is now available for download.
High Performance Computing (HPC) customers will now have the flexibility to receive support for Sun non-owned IP open source software in addition to the Sun owned products associated with the HPC Software Stack. HPC Open Source Management Tools Version 1.0 is a group of Sun non-owned IP that is freely downloadable. Sun is now offering its standard support of these products on a limited basis (North America only).
Solaris Cluster 3.1 and 3.2 not only supports Sun Blade X6240, both releases also are offered with Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275. Solaris Cluster is a multi-system, multi-site disaster recovery solution that manages the availability of applications services and data across local, regional, and vastly dispersed datacenters.
Packed with new features, the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager (CAM) version 6.4.0 is now available from Sun Downloads. This software release brings new features that apply critical changes to improve product quality and reliability. Benefits with this software include an easy way to manage your storage environment.
Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager (SAM) 5.0 software is now available. The SAM-QFS environment includes a storage and archive manager along with Sun QFS file system software, which is a high-performance file system, ensuring that data is available at device-rated speeds when requested by one or more users. This latest release offers easier administration features along with more management tools, Solaris feature integration, performance features, scalability features, and more supported storage.
The Sun StorageTek SL3000 Tape Library now offers the Access Expansion Module (AEM) as an option for customers needing higher availability and scalability. The AEM provides users with the ability to non-disruptively service a downed robot in the SL3000 library for increased availability of the library - especially important for customers requiring no downtime in their operations. This new option also has 234 CAP slots for bulk load and unload of media.
The Sun Storage 7310 is the newest addition to Sun's Unified Storage Family. This comprehensive, Flash-powered storage system leverages Hybrid Storage Pool capabilities for simplicity and analytic insight. It is available starting at $40,140 (US list). Fishworks Engineer Adam Leventhal describes the Sun Storage 7310 as "a scalable system from 12TB with a single half-populated J4400 JBOD up to 96TB with 4 JBODs. ... The base configuration includes a single quad-core CPU, 16GB of DRAM, a SAS HBA, and two available PCIe slots for NICs, backup cards, or the Fishworks cluster card."
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Sun Federal President and COO Bill Vass offers up four reasons to move to open source software: improved security, reduced procurement time, no vendor lock-in, and reduced cost. Vass writes, "Open source enterprise products are ready to support your mission critical applications, in the operating system area there's Solaris, Linux, in the middleware area there's Glassfish, JBoss, in the database area there's MySQL, PostgreSQL and even in the desktop area...which has been lagging behind in open source, but is starting to gain some ground with over 220 million OpenOffice users."
Sun and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced they will be working together to promote the use of open source technologies as a low-cost way to improve education with universal access to information and knowledge. Under a collaborative agreement, the two also plan on developing knowledge societies in emerging and developing economies and creating a Center of Excellence for Adoption of Open Technologies that promotes adoption of OpenOffice.org and Open Document Format Tools.
Using a test configuration consisting of 1 x Sun/Intel Nehalem-based X2270 server for the GlassFish application server and 1 x Sun Fire X4170 Intel Nehalem-based server for the MySQL 5.1 database, Sun set new performance and price/performance leadership marks on SPECjAppServer2004 2925.18, reports blogger Tom Daly. These results were attained with an all open-source stack including GlassFish, MySQL, and OpenSolaris on these Sun/Intel servers using ZFS.
In a three-part screencast, blogger Markus Weber has put together a presentation on the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure that deals with Installation (Part 1); Configuration (Part 2); and Usage (Part 3).
"Virtualization For Dummies, Sun and AMD Special Edition" explains how virtualization works and how it can benefit an organization. Written by Bernard Golden and Clark Scheffy, this book follows the "For Dummies" series with easy to read style, icons, tips and references. It covers the kinds of issues virtualization can address and how this technology addresses them. It also discusses Sun and AMD technological offerings, how they work together, and how they can benefit businesses.
The Sun Storage 6540 controller modules with 8 GB and 16 GB of cache have reached their end of life (EOL); however, the Sun Storage 6540 controller modules with 4 GB of cache will still be available. The last order date is set for July 17, 2009; last ship date for October 16, 2009; and end of service life for October 16, 2014.
The Sun Netra 1290 Server and its options are being retired. The server has met the tier 1 minimum lifecycle of 3 1/2 years. Hence, Sun has scheduled a last order date for October 14, 2009; last ship date for April 14, 2010; and end of service life for April 14, 2015. There are no direct or easily substituted replacements for the Sun Netra 1290 server. It is recommended that customers give consideration to the Sun Netra T5440 and X4450.
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