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“Sun has hit a home run with this combination. We were able to replace nearly 300 aging servers with 20 Sun Fire T2000's and we have greater capacity than before.”
— Tom Cignarella, Senior Director of Technical
Operations at PlanetOut Inc.
In November 2005, Sun introduced the first eco responsible computer processor, the UltraSPARC T1 processor with the CoolThreads technology.
In an era when most processors use 150 watts, our UltraSPARC T1 processor uses just 70 watts, about the same amount of energy as a single incandescent light bulb.
In addition to the environmental benefit of greatly reduced energy use, Sun's customers stand to realize significant cost savings on power, cooling, and real estate.
Powered by the UltraSPARC T1 processor, the Sun Fire T1000 and the Sun Fire T2000 servers pack the performance of a rack of servers into a single 32-thread chip, consuming less energy, generating less heat, and taking up less space in the datacenter.
In fact, energy savings are greater than $1,000 per year, per server.
Read about how the Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers running the Solaris 10 Operating System have made Vonage, PlanetOut Inc., and Concentric.com more eco responsible.
Sun Servers Qualify for First Ever Rebate From PG&E
In 2006, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), one of the largest natural gas and electric utilities in the United States (serving 350,000 California businesses), announced that it was offering significant rebates as part of a new energy incentive program for computer servers.
The Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers, which are three to five times more energy-efficient than competing systems and take up less space, were the only servers to qualify for the rebate program.
As part of PG&E's Non Residential Retrofit Program, customers replacing existing equipment with these eco responsible servers can receive a cash savings of $700–$1,000 per server — on top of the energy savings they already realize.
This is the first ever incentive rebate offered by a public utility company for servers.
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CoolThreads Technology = ROI
Compute for yourself using the SWaP (Space, Watts and Performance) metric for measuring system efficiency.
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Sun's 2009 CSR Report
The Road Ahead.
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Cut energy costs in half, improve space efficiency by 2x, and increase utilization up to 85%
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