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Sun Fire E6900 Server

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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 It is superceded by the Sun SPARC Enterprise M-series.

With up to 24 UltraSPARC IV+ processors, this enterprise powerhouse can satisfy even your toughest mission-critical service level agreements. You'll instantly have unprecedented utilization, scalability, and resource provisioning, and save costs through consolidation.

At A Glance

Massive performance: over 5x faster performance than previous generation servers in the same footprint
Doubled memory capacity and over 30% I/O improvement
Seamless upgrades with the industry's leading Solaris OS and binary compatibility
New UltraSPARC IV+ processor based on 90nm technology at 1.95 GHz
Unique Dynamic Reconfiguration technology for online upgrades
Supports three generations of CPU boards in the same server, each running at its rated speed
Enhanced security and availability through Solaris Security Toolkit and Predictive Self-Healing
Full hardware redundancy with fault-isolated Dynamic System Domains and Solaris Containers, ideal for consolidation
Available as a Sun System Pack, which combines the Sun Fire E6900 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
Scientific engineering
Application serving
IT infrastructure

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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