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Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors:
New Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor available in a selection of SUN Servers

On Tuesday 13th May 2008 SUN introduced the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor in a range of their servers.

The new Quad-Core AMD processor offers customers an increase in performance and scalability along with energy efficiency which ultimately gives the customers more value for their money.

Storage: The Sun Fire X4140 and Sun Fire X4240 can be used as mini-storage units with eight and 16 disks drives respectively. They are ideally suited for scale-out applications, such as database and HPC and with their very high I/O throughput they are ideal as Open Storage servers to deploy highly scalable storage infrastructures. With the flash-based disk technologies, the systems are already optimized to deliver the next significant boost in application performance.

Density: The Sun Fire X4440 and Sun Fire X4600 M2 are both able to offer the same level of memory as similar systems, but they take up half the space. The Sun Fire X4440 is the first server with 4-socket x64 AMD Opteron in a 2U form factor, so now you can have 16 AMD cores in just 2U.

Memory: The Sun Fire X4600 M2 and Sun Blade X8440 has the highest memory capacity and is optimized for virtualisation with a maximum of 256GB.

Benefits to customers

• Best Performance. The customers will get the best performing Sun Fire X4140 and X4240. They will be the best performing and most energy-efficient 8-core servers in 1 or 2 U form factors with up to twice the memory and storage capacity
  
• Virtualisation. All of the systems that come with the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor are ideal for virtualisation, HPC, database and other compute intensive applications
  
• Upgrade. Customers who already have one of the above mentioned machines can upgrade the CPU to the Quad-Core AMD which brings these machines up to the newest versions available.
  
• Save Space. For the SMB’s that have outgrown their current x86 infrastructure, these servers might just be what is needed. With the innovative high-density footprint it is now possible to get more CPU’s, memory and I/O added to the conventional servers, which means that a single virtualised server now can support many workgroup services. The new 2 U Sun Fire X4440 now has 16-cores which means that it gives the same CPU, memory and storage capacity as other servers, but in half the space.
  
• Recycle. As a part of the comprehensive Sun recycling program any customers who wants to acquire the quad-core upgrade kits and x-options will get a 20% discount on the list price if they return the materials removed during the upgrade process to Sun for proper recycling.

Products that comes with the Quad-Core AMD Processor

• Sun Fire X2200 M2
  
• Sun Fire X4100 M2
  
• Sun Fire X4140
  
• Sun Fire X4200 M2
  
• Sun Fire X4240
  
• Sun Fire X4440
  
• Sun Fire X4600 M2
  
• Sun Blade X8440