http://sun.systemnews.com Servers http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/4/server/20926 Patrick McGehearty has written a Sun BluePrints Online paper on "Performance Considerations for Developers Utilizing Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers." http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/4/server/20828 Sun has announced product enhancements to the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Server platforms based on the Chip Multi-threaded Technology (CMT) UltraSPARC T2 processor. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 CoolThreads servers based on the UltraSPARC T2 processor continue to enable IT groups to securely, reliably and eco-efficiently serve millions of new customers and communities while saving millions, through a virtualized, environmentally responsible data center infrastructure. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/3/server/20808 The Sun white paper "High Availability in the Datacenter: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000 and M9000 Servers" outlines the assurance customers can enjoy when they implement an IT infrastructure comprising the Sun SPARC Enterprise server line, Solaris Cluster software, XSCF Control Package firmware and Sun Management Center software in their datacenters. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/3/server/20809 The four-page publication "Round-the-Clock Application Services with Sun SPARC Enterprise Systems" examines the virtues of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers, highly scalable virtualization/consolidation systems with the benefits of traditional mainframes — especially high levels of availability and manageability — and featuring as well the advantages of significantly lower cost, complexity, and flexibility. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/2/server/20790 With the introduction of the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 single processor server by Sun and Fujitsu, customers now have a full product portfolio to choose from: entry-level (M3000), mid-range (M4000/M5000), to high-end (M8000/M9000). The M3000 server inherits the mission critical DNA of the Enterprise M-Series family, bringing extreme RAS, and extreme performance, in an ultra dense footprint at an entry-level price point. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/2/server/20836 There are now 4- and 6-core standard configurations for the four-socket Sun Blade X6450 server module with Intel Xeon 7400 series (Dunnington) processors. These configurations have up to 16MB L3 cache and help to support up to 192GB of memory. The 24 DIMM slots per server module deliver 50% more memory capacity than competing blade servers. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/2/server/20855 Sun has introduced a new tool for consolidating IT infrastructures and web service farms at less than half the cost of blade servers from the competition. That tool is the Sun Blade X6250 server module, a two-socket, enterprise-class datacenter engine based on Intel Xeon dual- and quad-core processors, and capable of providing major savings in cooling and power. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/2/server/20857 Sun's range of CoolThreads rack and blade servers, based on the industry's first massive multi-core, multi-thread UltraSPARC T1,T2 and T2 Plus Chip Multi-Threading (CMT) processors, delivers a unique combination of world record performance, power and space efficiency and price/performance without compromise. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/1/server/20825 A Sun white paper entitled "Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server Architecture" introduces readers to the entry class model of the Sun SPARC Enterprise server line. The M3000 shares benefits such as operability and manageability with its siblings, featuring a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) processor, 32GB memory subsystem, and high-throughput I/O architecture. Running the Solaris 10 OS and including the latest virtualization technologies, the M3000 Server can ensure core business operations. By offering Solaris Containers technology, the server brings sophisticated resource control to an open systems compute platform. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/129/1/server/20837 The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server has found a fan in InformationWeek's Jeff Ballard whose review declares that the server "...runs rings around more expensive devices when performing a lot of tasks concurrently. It's ideal for databases and virtualization and excels at encrypting and decrypting data thanks to on-board security co-processors." He adds the observation that "Sun has groomed the T5440 for heavy data center chores and virtualization."