Sun introduces Sun Blade(TM) 6000 Modular System

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According to Arnab Roy, GM, Marketing, Sun Microsystems India, "Blades are witnessing a steady momentum in adoption in India. The market for servers is showing robust growth. Several customers are on the verge of refreshing their servers & tackling server sprawl. With this new range of blade servers from the Sun stable there will be positive impact on physical, technical & operational aspects in a datacenter".

 

The Sun Blade 6000 Modular System includes the following components and features:

 

• Sun Blade T6300(TM) Server Module: 1-socket blade powered by an UltraSPARC T1 processor with CoolThreads technology
• Sun Blade X6250 server module: 2-socket quad-core ready blade powered by Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 5300 series, representing Sun's first Intel Xeon-based product since Sun and Intel announced their strategic alliance last January, and Sun's first quad-core-based product
• No-compromise power and cooling technology: Delivers optimized cooling and airflow, resulting in higher systems reliability and power efficiency
• Open Industry Standard I/O: Leverages industry standard PCI-Express I/O architecture and adapters, allowing customers to install or replace an I/O module without interfering with systems operation
• Open transparent management: Supports the most standard interfaces to facilitate fast and easy integration into customers' existing blade or rackmount management infrastructure, whether those management tools are from Sun or other vendor 

Early access and beta customers such as College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University and the University of Notre Dame have begun to test and implement Sun Blade 6000 Modular Systems in their data centers. 

 

Sun Blade Server Modules Set Multiple New World Records on a Broad Range of Industry Standard Benchmarks

 

The Sun Blade 6000 Modular System also packs a performance punch with its comprehensive choice of versatile server modules. Regardless of the underlying microprocessor architecture, the innovative system design combined with the latest capabilities of the Sun Studio 12 software running on top of the Solaris 10 OS propelled these new blades to the top of industry-recognized Java, HPC and compute-intensive benchmarks. 

 

Sun Refresh Service: Build an "Always Fresh" Datacenter

 

The Sun Refresh Service now includes the Sun Blade X6220 Server Module, allowing customers to reach maximum performance and efficiency from their datacenters on an ongoing basis at half the cost of traditional acquisition methods. Future support is planned for the other server modules. The subscription service program includes installation of the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System with server modules, plus three refreshes of server modules over a 42-month period. Customers receive automatic upgrades to the latest blade architecture as soon as it becomes available.

 

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