More than 100 new SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS) customers have tested or purchased the new Sun FireTM T2000 servers running the UltraSPARCR T1 processors with patented CoolThreadsTM technology, which can help customers reduce the number of servers in the data center by up to 75 percent, Sun reports.

Sun's new server line is anticipated to save enterprises such as eBay and EDS, which participated in the Sun early access program to purchase the servers, an average of US$371,000 in power and cooling costs for 100 servers in just three years. Additionally, this technology is designed to double or triple a customer's data center capacity without increasing its size. Customers are also reporting improved IT responsiveness, greater service levels and better reliability with Sun's new server line due to less heat generation, increased security and 20-60 percent fewer physical parts than competing systems.

A few of the more than 100 customers who have experienced the Sun Fire servers with CoolThreads technology first-hand include:

EDS

"We are pleased with the cost, throughput performance and power economics of the Sun Fire T2000 servers," said Larry Lozon, vice president, Data Center Services, EDS. "Reducing power consumption in our data centers is crucial. During our initial testing, we experienced a 50 percent decrease in server power consumption. We are seeing server power consumption as a critical cost factor in serving our client's data center needs. These 32 thread processor-based servers will be a major component within our Infrastructure Transformation service offering, providing an ideal landing zone for platform re-hosting and technology refresh of high-throughput workloads. This will lay the foundation for a tech refresh strategy focused on improving our client's application performance while reducing space and power consumption in EDS' data centers."

NTT DATA

"We are pleased to see that Sun Microsystems has announced the new Sun Fire CoolThreads server family product line," said Mr. Shinichi Yamada, senior vice president, System Platforms Sector, NTT DATA Corporation. "Having evaluated the UltraSPARC T1 processor, we found the high throughput, efficient power usage and affinity with the Java Application Server makes it ideal for the core platform of the online systems we develop and operate. With its high availability and high performance, we are sure that the combination of Sun's advanced technology and NTT DATA's System Integration capability makes it possible to offer optimum solutions with high value add for our customers."

Fiducia IT

"Unpacking the box we couldn't believe a 32 thread server could be so small," said Matthias Schorer, chief architect at Fiducia IT AG. "But after running our own benchmarks it's pretty clear that looks can be deceiving. With the Sun Fire T2000 servers, we'll be able to replace our current servers at a rate of 4:1 while doubling our performance. And if that's not enough, it looks like we'll be able to cut our energy use from 5.2 to .35 kw/hour. That's a factor of 14. Amazing!"

NEC Corporation

"We are very glad to hear that Sun has announced the UltraSPARC T1 systems," said Toshiro Kawamura, senior executive vice president and member of the board at NEC. "We evaluated a major ERP application on UltraSPARC T1 and have gotten good performance in our initial results. We expect this new product to contribute significantly to the growth of our system integration business, both in web applications and in other application areas such as ERP." [...read more...]

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