There's a lot you can do with a high-performance two-socket x64 server module based on the Next Generation AMD Opteron Dual-Core processors. The Sun Blade X6220 system's efficient, two-socket design leverages its 142Gpbs PCI-e I/O bandwidth and four 2.5-inch SAS or SATA disk drives to handle workloads normally deployed only on four-socket machines.
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