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Sun Fire X4200 Server Family

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2007 Technology of the Year Awards Winner for Best Server

InfoWorld, Jan 02, 2007
"The Sun Fire X4200 is a serious server in a seriously well-designed package. A frontrunner in both performance and management." »Read More

Muscular SunFire X4200 feels the burn

InfoWorld, Feb 23, 2006
Opteron-powered 2U server proves a strong datacenter workhorse with a nice price.

Sun On Fire With New Multicore x86 Servers

CRN, Feb 24, 2006
"Powered by AMD Opteron processors, the Sun Fire X4200 server reaches new levels of performance and efficiency and offers enterprise-class reliability."

Sun's New Galaxy

Illuminata, Sep 12, 2005
"Now, with systems that genuinely stand apart from the pack with the x86 leaders, Sun's fortunes can only improve further."

Sun Launches Galaxy Servers into a Broader Sphere

IDC, Sep 01, 2005
Sun Launches Galaxy Servers into a Broader Sphere


Press Releases

Sun Microsystems Upgrades "Galaxy" Line of Sun Fire Servers

Sun Microsystems, Oct 17, 2006
Enhanced Sun Fire X4000 server family powered by Next-Generation AMD Opteron processors are now the fastest, most scalable and energy-efficient Enterprise x64 systems in the market.

Sun Microsystems Rises on Industry Standards Leadership; Pioneers Innovation for the Participation Age

Sun Microsystems, Sep 12, 2005
Wall Street Launch Showcases New Industry-Standard Computing Infrastructure, Fastest Growing Open Source Operating System Solaris 10 and Unrivaled Partner Support

Sun Launches Blockbuster Family of Industry-Standard, x64 Enterprise-Class Systems

Sun Microsystems, Sep 12, 2005
Code-named 'Galaxy,' Latest Sun Fire x64 Servers are One-and-a-Half Times the Performance, Consume About One-third the Power, Are One-Quarter the Size; New Sun Grid Rack Systems Accelerate Grid Implementation and Deployment Time by Up to 90 Percent


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White Papers

Sun MySQL Solution Bundles Optimization Guide

Sun Microsystems, Feb 11, 2008
Sun has harnessed the power of the Sun Fire X4100 M2 or Sun FIre X4200 M2 servers and the StorageTek 2530 storage array to build turn-key solution bundles that are easy to deploy and easy to optimize. These bundles include all of the pieces you need to make MySQL applications scale and perform.

Sun Exchange Solution Bundles Optimizing Exchange with Sun

Sun Microsystems, Feb 11, 2008
Microsoft Exchange® is the most widely used email application today, and expected to capture over 70% share by 2010, according to Gartner*. Sun's solution bundles are designed to accelerate deployment and performance of Exchange. Sun has teamed up with AMD to build optimized solution bundles to meet the application demands of customers with Web 2.0, SME and departmental database requirements.

Sun Fire x64 Servers Helping Organizations Get Ahead, and Stay Ahead Whitepaper

Sun Microsystems, Inc., Aug 01, 2006
Now more than ever before, organizations are striving to align IT services with business goals and gain competitive advantage. When deploying x64 servers in the data center, IT organizations expect not only excellent value, but also the kind of reliability, security, and agility needed for an enterprise-class IT infrastructure.

Methods to Differentiate Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 from Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2

Sun Microsystems, Nov 15, 2006
Sun's new M2 models of the Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers appear almost identical to the previous models, posing a challenge for the systems manager to differentiate them. This richly illustrated article explains how to quickly and correctly identify them, either physically or remotely.

Redefining x64 Industry Standard Servers White Paper

Sun Microsystems, Sep 01, 2005
Sun is bringing its expertise in enterprise mission-critical computing to the x86 server market by launching a new line of x64 servers and a complete systems approach that goes beyond the server itself to include integrated solutions for the enterprise and a unique business model that enables customers to purchasing computing resources in a new way.

Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Technical Architecture White Paper

Sun Microsystems, Sep 01, 2005
The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers incorporates Sun's design using industry standard components to provide enterprise-class features, the fastest performing products in their class, advanced remote management capabilities, and decreased power and cooling costs.


Solution Briefs

Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
Describes how Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Sun Secure Global Desktop software, Sun Ray Server s/w, and Sun Virtual Desktop Connector) combined with Sun x64 servers and other virtualization technologies enables users access to applications and services from anywhere at anytime.

Sun x64 Systems for Scalable MCAE Performance

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
Provides MCAE background and highlights industry-leading MCAE benchmarks achieved using Sun x64 blade systems powered by Intel Xeon processors along with high-level system Sun x64 system descriptions

Subex Limited and Sun

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
Helping Service Providers maximize revenue and guard against fraud. This solution brief describes how Subex Limited software running on Sun x64 servers and Sun Fire servers provides a secure revenue assurance and fraud management solution for Telco customers.

Consolidation Through Virtualization with Sun x64 Servers

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
This solution brief describes server consolidation on Sun x64 servers using Solaris Containers and VMware ESX Server partitioning and virtualization technologies.

Sun and MySQL Database Software

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
Describes the benefits of Sun's acquisition of MySQL database software, commitment to continuing investment and global support for MySQL, as well as Sun's platforms for outstanding MySQL performance.

Sun Cool Stack for the Solaris Operating System

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
Provides background on the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl) and describes the Cool Stack optimized binaries on the Solaris OS with special focus on Open Solaris features.

Testimonials

"What would you do with 18 servers, 24 CPUs, 22 power supplies, 44 hard drives, 26GB of RAM, consuming over 14,000 watts of power? Replace it all with one Sun Fire X4200 server." - Neal Tisdale, Vice President of Software Development, NewEnergy Associates

Testimonial

Joshua Rand
Sapotek Inc., CEO

“Working with Sun has helped us to lower our costs, improve our technology, raise our reputation with prospective partners, and clarify our vision. We're making smarter decisions than we were six or seven months ago.”

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