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Sun Fire E2900 Server

Next Generation Products

Product has EOL announced with a last order date of January 8, 2009

Overview

Product has EOL announced with a last order date of January 8, 2009. It is superceded by the Sun SPARC Enterprise M-series.

The Sun Fire E2900 server with the new UltraSPARC IV+ processors gives you exceptional computing power, breakthrough price/performance, and high reliability in a compact, two-per-rack frame. It scales up to 12 UltraSPARC IV+ 64-bit Chip Multithreading (CMT) processors with 24 threads and over 192 GB of memory.

At a Glance

Massive performance: over 5x previous generation servers in the same footprint
New UltraSPARC IV+ processor based on 90nm technology at 1.95 GHz
Doubled memory capacity and over 30% faster I/O performance
Unique Dynamic Reconfiguration technology for online upgrades
Supports three generations of CPU boards in the same server, each running at its rated speed
Ideal for consolidation projects using Solaris Containers technology
Available as a Sun System Pack, which combines the Sun Fire E2900 Server with the right services as one offering
Installation services that help you fully utilize the industry's most open platform, built on open source technologies and open standards

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Key Applications

Business intelligence/data warehousing
IT infrastructure
Scientific engineering
Collaboration

Ideal for Consolidation & Virtualization

The Sun Fire UltraSPARC IV+ systems are an ideal choice for consolidating and virtualizing web tier environments, smaller databases and large-scale enterprise applications alike. The highly reliable, scalable software partitioning features of Solaris 10 containers increase utilization and efficiency for your data center and the binary compatibility and Solaris Application Guarantee make it a reality.

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Featuring the UltraSPARC IV+ Processor

Meet Sun's new UltraSPARC IV+ 64-bit processor, the fifth generation in our UltraSPARC processor family. Find out more about this technology and how it can help you protect your technology investment today and tomorrow.

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UltraSPARC IV+ Servers For Performance and Virtualization Find out about the superior performance of the industry's most upgradeable servers.

Experience the Savings

Sun Upgrade Advantage Program

Trade Up to UltraSPARC IV+ and Save: The Sun Upgrade Advantage Program (UAP) offers comprehensive trade-in programs for qualified Sun and competitive system upgrades to UltraSPARC IV+ servers with upfront trade-in discounts of up to 20%.

Take advantage of additional savings with new Sun UAP promotions including the Free Sun Fire E6900 or E25K Chassis Upgrade promotion, combine with the UAP UltraSPARC II Upgrade promotion, and save even more. There has never been a better time to upgrade and save!

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