The Sun Network Computing 2005 Q4 product launch [15566] held December 6, introduced a new eco-responsible server line with CoolThreadsTM technology powered by UltraSPARCR T1 microprocessors, whose design point Sun plans on releasing to the open source community [15569]. Over 40 ISVs already have announced support of Sun's new servers [15568] and the company announced it will be giving away US$50,000 and Sun FireTM T2000 servers in a CoolThreads innovation contest [15572].
This new family of servers presently has set seven benchmark records [15567] and Sun has released a metric for customers to personally assess their own datacenters on space, wattage and performance [15570]. Learn more about Sun FireTM T1000 servers [15574] and the key differences between the Sun Fire T1000 and Sun FireTM T2000 servers [15582]. Sun also is offering a trade-up promotion on its Sun Fire T2000 servers [15580].
Two new storage servers were recently introduced for the Sun Grid Storage Utility [15525]. The StorageTek FlexlineTM 380 enterprise storage system has joined Sun's price list [15561]. Read about how Sun's recent storage acquisitions are augmenting its product line [15517]. Sun released the Sun StorEdgeTM Application Module for Microsoft SQL server [15560].
Developers are invited to try the Sun Grid for free [15478] and can have questions answered on various Sun technologies in a free Developer Help Beta program [15529]. Also, get an overview of the nuances of XML and schema namespaces [15466].
The Healthcare section covers a new Sun solution that can help customers meet HIPAA National Provider ID requirements [15563]; Sun's role in building a nationwide health information network architecture [15522]; and the healthcare industry's move toward RFID adoption [15533].
Sun Network Computing 2005 Q4 (NC05Q4) product launch held December 6, introduced industry changing technology with its 9.6 GHz UltraSPARC T1 processor, code named Niagara, powering the new Sun Fire T1000 and Sun Fire T2000 servers with CoolThreads technology. Sun also showcased unprecedented support of its new server line and UltraSPARC T1 microprocessor from a wide range of global technology leaders.
Sun plans on releasing its new UltraSPARC T1 processor design point to the open source community through a newly created community - the OpenSPARC project. This is the first 64-bit, 32-thread rich SPARC/Solaris community to spur innovation for massively-threaded systems and "system on a chip" design. This program is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2006.
Over 40 independent software vendors (ISVs) have announced their
support for Sun's newly announced Sun Fire T1000 and Sun Fire T2000 servers powered by the recently released UltraSPARC T1 processor with CoolThreads technology. These new Sun Fire systems have been tested on a number of applications and workloads so customers can immediately put these eco-responsible servers to work.
Sun is challenging developers and ISVs to develop ground-breaking applications or improve on existing applications that will run effectively on a Sun CoolThreads server in the next six months, and be eligible to win a Sun Fire T2000 server and US$50,000 in cash. Registration and contest submissions must be completed by March 29, 2006.
Each week, we determine which articles have been most frequently referenced by logged-in subscribers to provide you with a list of the most popular articles for each of the last three issues. The Web version of this article lists the top 10 articles for each of the last three issues. The top articles for the three most recent issues were:
93.5: Sun Fire T2000 Server with CoolThreads Technology
93.4: New Solaris 10 Patch Policy to Begin November 29th [15439]
93.3: UltraSPARC T1 Processor with CoolThreads Technology [15441]
The Sun Fire T1000 and Sun Fire T2000 servers feature the patented CoolThreads technology, which is the industry's first eight core, 32-thread processor. Based on the 9.6 GHz UltraSPARC T1 processor, code named Niagara, the new server family has achieved seven world-record benchmarks.
As part of the Sun Network Computing 2005 Q4 (NC05Q4), Sun released a new SWaP (space, wattage and performance) metric that assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of rack-optimized server deployments in a datacenter. Sun's latest Sun Fire T1000 and Sun Fire T2000 servers with CoolThreads technology are the result of using SWaP as a design point.
The Sun Fire T1000 server with CoolThreads technology features Chip Multithreading Technology UltraSPARC T1 processors for increased performance with a lower cost of ownership for a given application by reducing the amount of data center resources required to run that application.
Sun's new Sun Fire servers with CoolThreads technology deliver breakthrough performance with dramatic space and power efficiency. These servers, with the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) and full protection plan, are ideal for all web-tier and app-tier environments. So, what are the key differences between the Sun Fire T1000 and Sun Fire T2000 servers?
Interested in upgrading to the Sun Fire T2000 server powered by Chip Multithreading Technology UltraSPARC T1 processors with CoolThreads technology? Sun is making it easier by offering a 15 percent trade-up allowance off the list price of the Sun Fire T2000 server with three-year support included.
The Sun Grid Remote Backup and Restore Service (RBR) and Sun Grid Remote File Vault (RFV) are two new services for the Sun Grid Storage Utility that eliminate the risks and costs of internal backup and archival infrastructure and processes, while providing services that will scale with a customer's unique and evolving storage needs.
The StorageTek FlexLine 380 storage system (FLX380) has been added to the Sun price list as the Sun FLX380 storage system, which is a midrange four Gb/s Fibre Channel system that is fully-featured, simple to use, scalable and delivers configuration flexibility.
Chris Wood, CTO of Sun's storage and data management practice division, said at a press conference held in Singapore in late November that Sun will be augmenting the disk storage, tape and storage software technologies garnered from past company acquisitions, including those of StorageTek, reported Jeanne Lim with ZDNet Asia.
A new module in the Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Management Advanced Applications (ESM AA) 4.0 suite of application modules automatically discovers Microsoft SQL Server instances, databases, database files and tables, and then leverages the suite's Application Explorer to graphically depict the dependencies of these SQL Server elements on the supporting SAN infrastructure.
Sun is offering developers 100 free CPU hours on the Sun Grid if they are or become involved in a Sun Grid Community project or a linked project from another community such as java.net, jini.org, jxta.org, NetBeans, OpenSolaris or Open Grid Engine. The Sun Grid is a public utility grid hosted by Sun.
Free expert assistance from Sun engineers is now available to developers using some Sun technologies through the new Developer Help Beta program, which provides diagnostic advice, sanity check on coding approach, workarounds to current problems, best practice guidance and pointers to relevant sample applications and documentation to address an issue.
Although the new Sun Java Studio Enterprise technology preview release 11/05 does offer graphical editing and analysis capabilities for XML schemas, Chris Webster and Marina Sum still believe it is important for users to have a basic understanding of namespaces in XML schemas, which they address in the first of a two part article series.
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