Blade Servers

10-blade, 10RU Sun Blade 6000 system Chassis. Solaris, Linux, Windows, and VMware running on single and multi-core processors by Sun, AMD, and Intel, in one chassis.

• One 6 or 8-core UltraSPARC T1 series processor
• Two AMD Opteron Dual-core 2000 series processors
• One or two Dual or Quad-core Intel Xeon processors
• Choice of 3 processor architectures running up to 5 different operating systems in the same blade enclosure

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Designed to scale from a Departmental Cluster to PetaScale Computing, packaged as an integrated product. Its radical new unibody chassis/rack design saves space and weight (~500 lbs less per rack when compared to conventional chassis and rack combinations). Its Sun Blade Independent I/O provides the highest I/O throughput per chassis at 30.72Tbps and is the first blade based on an open PCI-E Industry standard I/O architecture.

• Up to 48 server modules: AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, and Sun UltraSPARC
• Passive midplane for high-speed interconnect
• 96 PCIe ExpressModule (EM) slots
• 8 PCIe Network Express Module slots
• A possible 1152 Compute Cores and 4608GB Memory in a single Rack Cabinet

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Sun Blade 8000 system - with the fastest processors, up to 4x the memory and up to 20x the I/O capacity versus competing blade servers. Run your most demanding enterprise and technical computing applications on a modular server form factor.

• 4 dual-core AMD Opteron processors per server module
• 6 PCI-Express interfaces per server module
• Up to 64 GB memory per Server Module
• Full onboard Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Service Processor

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Sun Blade 8000 P modular system. It's the first blade server specialised for high-end x86 cluster and grid computing that can give you 240 processing cores, and 1.248 TFLOPS, in a single rack.

• 4 dual-core AMD Opteron processors per server module
• 2 PCI-Express interfaces per server module - 20 total per chassis
• Up to 64 GB memory per Server Module
• Full onboard Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager Service Processor

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The Sun Blade X6220 server module's efficient, two-socket design levers its industry-leading memory capacity of 64GB, 142 Gbps total bandwidth and four 2.5-inch SAS or SATA disk drives to handle workloads normally deployed only on four-socket machines.

• 2 Second-Generation Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors
• 2 sockets/4 cores/4 threads per module
• Up to 64 GB of memory, 16x DIMM slots
• Up to 142 Gbps total bandwidth
• Integrated Service Processor

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The X6250 Server Module has the latest Xeon processors, 16 DIMM slots, 4 HDDs and multiple I/O options. The Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor delivers an incredible range of performance and cost options to your Sun Blade Chassis

• Dual or Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5000 Series processors
• Supporting Single or Dual CPU Configurations
• Up to 64 GB memory, 16x FBDIMM slots
• Up to 4 SAS or SATA hot-swappable 2.5" disk drives
• 110 Gbps of I/O throughput

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Designed for enterprise datacenters as well as small and medium businesses, the new Sun Blade X6270 server module excels at business applications and databases, HPC, and server virtualization. It features the latest Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series, which uses QuickPath Interconnect technology to provide higher bandwidth and lower latency.

• One or two Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5500 series
• Up to 72GB of main memory using 4GB DIMMs; Up to 144GB of main memory in the future using 8GB DIMMs
• Eighteen memory slots supporting 1333 and 1066 MHz DDR3 DIMMs with 2GB or 4GB DIMMs
• Four PCI Express 2.0 (x8) interfaces per server module via passive midplane

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The Sun Blade X6275 server module is designed for compute-intensive applications in general and commercial HPC environments. The Sun Blade X6275 server module has two independent compute nodes that are based on the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series for highest density. Integrated on-board QDR InfiniBand leverages Intel's QuickPath technology to provide higher bandwidth and lower latency.

• Two Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5500 series
• Support for 2GB and 4GB DDR3 at 1,066 MHz and 1,333 MHz
• One 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet port (per compute node) using the Intel 82567 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Controller
• One 3 Gb/sec SATA interface to a Sun Flash Module (per compute node)

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The Sun Blade X6450 server module features Intel Xeon processor 7000 series and up to 192 GB of memory. With 24 DIMM slots per server module, it gives you 50 percent more memory capacity than competing blade servers making it an ideal fit for virtualisation and server consolidation, HPC, database and enterprise applications. Fill a Sun Blade 6048 chassis for a remarkable 11TFLOPS of peak performance and up to 1152 processing cores per rack.

• Two or four, 2, 4, 6-core Intel Xeon Processors
• Twenty-four memory slots supporting 667 MHz Registered ECC DDR2 FBDIMMs with 2x2 GB or 2x4 GB memory kits
• Up to 96 GB of main memory using 4 GB DIMMs
• Up to 192 GB of main memory in the future using 8 GB DIMMs

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The Sun Blade X8450 server module is the first Quad-Core Intel® Xeon processor-based blade for the Sun Blade 8000 modular system. Compared to other blade servers in its class, it delivers up to twice the memory capacity, internal storage, and integrated networking connectivity, giving you more headroom to grow, virtualise, and save.

• 4 Intel Xeon Quad-Core processors
• Up To 128GB Memory
• 32 DIMM slots for 667 MHz ECC fully buffered DDR2 DIMMS
• Up to 2 SAS or SATA hot-swappable 2.5" disk drives
• Solaris 10, Linux, Windows Server, Vmware

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The Sun Blade X8440 Server Module was engineered to satisfy the memory requirements of quad-core processors. Supporting up to twice the memory of competing blade servers, the Sun Blade X8440 module allows you to efficiently leverage the new AMD Opteron quad-core processors to achieve greater server consolidation ratios than can be achieved by competing blade servers.

• X8420: Up to 4 AMD Opteron Dual-Core (8200 Series) processors
• X8440: Up to 4 AMD Opteron Dual-Core (8200 Series) or 4 Quad-Core (8300 Series) Processors
• Up to 4 sockets/16 cores/16 threads per Server Module (using quad-core processors)
• Up to 128GB memory, 32x DIMM slots per Server Module
• Up to 192Gb/s I/O per Server Module

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The ultra-efficient Sun UltraSPARC T1 processor blade flies through high-demand, 64-bit multi-threaded Solaris OS applications.

• Single-socket, 8-core UltraSPARC T1 processor
• Up to 32 simultaneous processing threads per module
• 8 DIMM slots for a total of 32 GB of RAM per blade
• Up to 142 Gb/s I/O Capacity

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The Sun Blade T6320 server module can run anything from back office and database applications to web services and virtualization projects, in less space and less electricity than ever before.

• Single-socket, 4, 6 or 8-core UltraSPARC T2 processor
• Up to 64 simultaneous processing threads per module
• Floating point processor and crypto accelerator per core
• Up to 128 GB main memory and 4 disk drives

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The Sun Blade X6240 server module pushes the limits of performance for a two-socket blade server. Its enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors and 2:1 (DIMM:core) ratio equip it to easily handle large workloads that previously required four-socket systems.

• Two (standard or enhanced) high-performance, Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors
• Choice of standard (75W), low-power HE (55W), and high-power/high-performance SE (105W) frequency optimized processors
• Sixteen memory slots supporting power efficient DDR2, PC2-5300/667 MHz Registered ECC DIMMs
• Up to 64 GB of main memory using cost and power efficient 4 GB DIMMs

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Load up one of our Sun Blade 6048 Modular Systems with these four-socket Sun Blade X6440 server modules, and you'll get 8.2 TFLOPS of peak performance across 192 enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors (768 total cores). It's the ideal solution for virtualization, HPC, and other memory intensive workloads.

• Four high performance (standard or enhanced) Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors
• Thirty-two memory slots supporting power efficient DDR2, PC2-5300/667 MHz Registered ECC DIMMs with 2x 2GB or 2x 4 GB memory kits
• Up to 128 GB of main memory using cost-efficient 4 GB DIMMs; up to 256 GB of main memory in the future using 8 GB1 DIMMs

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