Date: 26-Nov-2009   URL: www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/sunblade2500/features.xml

Features, Functions & Benefits

High Performance
Feature
Function
Benefit
Up to two 1.6-GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processors, each with 1 MB of Level 2 cache integrated on die.
Offers a highly-integrated, performance-scalable, 64-bit compute engine for technical applications. Large Level 2 cache integrated on die stores the most frequently-used application data.
Provides outstanding 64-bit application performance for increased productivity when working on large datasets.
Four independent PCI bus segments.
Provides dedicated PCI buses for graphic accelerators, Gigabit Ethernet, and Ultra SCSI.
Ensures the highest possible I/O throughput for faster data manipulation, improving project cycle times.

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Big Memory
Feature
Function
Benefit
Up to 16 GB of DDR ECC memory (2 CPUs required).
Enables large data sets and applications to be accessed quickly by storing in RAM instead of on disk.
Increases the size and number of simultaneous applications and calculations, thus reducing time to market.

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Fast Storage
Feature
Function
Benefit
Up to two 146-GB, 10K RPM, Ultra SCSI internal hard drives.
Provides fast access to a high-performance, scalable storage subsystem.
High performance internal storage minimizes the need for network storage or attached storage, lowering total cost of ownership.

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Connectivity
Feature
Function
Benefit
Six full-length, 64-bit PCI slots (three at 66 MHz, three at 33 MHz).
Enables connectivity to a wide range of PCI-based devices, including networking cards, video and audio input, SCSI adapters, and high-speed serial and parallel interfaces.
Provides a flexible platform to meet changing business requirements.
Integrated, on-board Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000MBps).
Delivers exceptional I/O performance (10x the networking performance of Fast Ethernet) without taking up a PCI slot.
Increases flexibility and network performance.

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Investment Protection
Feature
Function
Benefit
Solaris 10 and 8 Operating Systems1 pre-installed.
Reliable, enterprise-class, scalable 64-bit platform offers 100 percent binary compatibility with previous versions of the Solaris OS and Solaris applications.
Provides investment protection of software and data sets, allowing fewer transition issues and lower costs from previous generation workstations.

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Graphics and Video Options
Feature
Function
Benefit
Support for up to two Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerators2.
Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator drives dual displays from a single board, contains over 400 MB of on-board memory, and provides up to 1920 x 1200 @ 75 Hz 2-D or 3-D resolution and up to 1280 x 1024 @ 112 Hz 3-D stereo resolution.
Enables high-end, 3-D visualization graphics solution on the desktop.
Support for up to three Sun XVR-600 graphics accelerators3.
Sun XVR-600 graphics accelerator provides up to 1920 x 1200 at 32-bit double-buffer and Z-buffer 2-D or 3-D resolution and up to 1280 x 1024 @ 112 Hz stereo resolution.
Offers a professional-quality, cost-effective 3-D graphics solution.
Support for up to three Sun XVR-100 graphics accelerators4.
Sun XVR-100 graphics accelerator enables dual display from a single board and provides up to 1920 x 1200 @ 75 Hz resolution.
Delivers a low-cost, 24-bit, 2-D graphics solution for workstations and servers.

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PC Interoperability
Feature
Function
Benefit
Support for SunPCi IIIpro coprocessor card5.
Allows one workstation to run two operating systems.
Allows customers and OEMs to run PC applications at GHz performance and save valuable desk space.

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Links Mentioned on This Page

This page is located at: http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/sunblade2500/features.xml

Additional links mentioned are:

  1. Solaris 10 and 8 Operating Systems: http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/
  2. Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerators: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics/xvr1200/
  3. Sun XVR-600 graphics accelerators: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics/xvr600/
  4. Sun XVR-100 graphics accelerators: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics/xvr100/
  5. SunPCi IIIpro coprocessor card: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/sunpcipro/
 
 
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