Date: 25-Nov-2009   URL: www.sun.com/servers/midrange/m5000/index.xml

Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server

This mid-range server gives you high scalability, mainframe-class RAS, and advanced virtualization in a compact 10RU space. Its SPARC/Solaris binary compatibility provides excellent investment protection. Upgrade and save up to 20%.


At a Glance

  • Unmatched investment protection with no forklift upgrades - upgrade individual components, not the whole system
  • 100% SPARC/Solaris binary compatibility
  • Optimized for 24x7 mission critical computing and large shared memory applications
  • Mix and match up to eight SPARC64 VI and/or SPARC64 VII processors in the same system
  • Integrated, flexible, no-cost virtualization technology
  • Ideal consolidation platform with up to 4 dynamic domains and support for thousands of Solaris Containers
  • SPARC64 VII quad-core processor provides an almost 2X performance improvement on HPC or floating point intensive workloads and up to 80% more performance on Commercial applications compared to SPARC64 VI processor

Key Applications

  • ERP, SCM, CRM deployments
  • BIDW databases, datamart, DSS
  • Collaboration
  • Scientific/engineering application development
  • Systems and network management

Power Calculator

Configure your Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 server to see just how low your power consumption can go. Note: Fujitsu, one of our business partners, designs and maintains the M-series power calculators.


Upgrade to Solaris 10

Solaris 10 delivers the performance, stability and security your users and customers demand. Solaris 10 provide new features, fixes and hardware support in an easy-to-install manner, preserving full compatibility with over 7,000 third party products and customers' internally-developed applications.



Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server Gallery


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Product Video

Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series systems deliver unmatched investment protection, industry-leading RAS, built-in/no cost virtualization, and world record performance.

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