Try and Buy

Free Trials on Select Sun Systems

Great Performance at a Great Price.

Try a Sun Server with GlassFish for Free, Then Save 20% When You Buy

Test drive a Sun server running Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server free for 60 days. If you like it, buy it at 20% off list price. If not, return it — no strings attached. We'll even pay for shipping both ways. Take advantage of this limited-time offer.


How to Apply

1. Apply for a free trial system: The Sun Fire X4150 or the Sun Fire X2200 M2 server.

2. Once you receive your trial system, download GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1. Reference the installation guide to get up and running quickly.

3. Get support during the trial period by clicking on the Technical Support topics below..

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Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server

GlassFish Enterprise Server is based on the open source GlassFish Application Server, and delivers unbeatable price/performance while eliminating costly vendor lock-in. GlassFish Enterprise Server is equipped for mission-critical deployments and includes:
  • Enterprise Manager for improved monitoring and manageability
  • 5 9's of availability
  • Centralized administration


Sun GlassFish Portfolio

Recently, Sun introduced the GlassFish Portfolio, a feature-rich set of components for Web application development and deployment. Find out how GlassFish Portfolio can help reduce costs by over 90% and improve application price/performance by 7 times over alternative offerings.




Recommended Sun Trial Systems

Sun Fire X4150
Provides maximum compute density, leading storage capacity, and networking connectivity in a single rack unit

Sun Fire X2200 M2
Ideal for memory-intensive applications — such as Abacus, Fluent or PowerFLOW — or high-scale Web application architectures.


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