Sun Fire X2250 Server

Built for the Most Demanding HPC Workloads

The fastest of everything

Need performance in a 1RU server? The Sun Fire X2250 server employs the fastest Intel Xeon processors, memory, and chipsets available. Not just any Xeon processors, the Sun Fire X2250 server uses the Xeon 5200/5400 processors with a Front Side Bus (FSB) operating at 1600MHz, 20% faster than the 1333MHz FSB found on typical servers.

Want faster fully buffered DIMMs for memory performance?

The Sun Fire X2250 is the first server from Sun to use 800MHz FB-DIMMs, 20% faster than the 667MHz FB-DIMMs found on typical servers. They significantly accelerate memory performance for high-bandwidth HPC applications.

Want more?

The Sun Fire X2250 uses the high-performance Intel 5400 Chipset – the throughput "traffic cop" – to excel on HPC workloads such as Fluent and LS-Dyna:

• Increases the interconnect bandwidth
• Optimizes system bandwidth
• Increases memory capacity
• Improves network traffic processing
• Reduces I/O latency
• Has a 24 MB Snoop Filter for more efficient cache indexing and extracting more bandwidth over the same FB-DIMMs

Want density?

Get up to eight cores and 2 TB in 1RU. The Sun Fire X2250 server holds up to two quad-core Intel Xeon Processor 5400 Series operating at 3.2GHz. Looking for the highest performance per core instead of performance per socket? Then specify up to two dual-core Intel Xeon Processor 5200 series operating at 3.4GHz. Two 3.5-inch drive bays provide 2 TB of local storage, enough headroom for the most complex data sets. You've never seen this much computing and storage density in a 1.75-inch high (1RU) form-factor.

Energy-efficient processors

The Sun Fire X2250 server is economical to operate. It features the Low Power Intel Xeon 5400 Series operating at 50W. That's only 12.5W per core, and 35% lower than standard 80W parts (or 60% lower than 120W parts). These capabilities add up to higher performance, lower power consumption, and better energy efficiency, making Sun Fire X2250 server ideal for highly dense, power-sensitive environments.

One-stop shop for HPC

More than just a server, Sun's HPC solutions span operating systems, processors, form-factors, system management tools, visualization software, and complete pre-packaged HPC clusters.

Deploy with confidence

The Sun Fire X2250 server can be deployed in more environments because it's certified to be compatible with more operating systems than any server in its class, all available and fully supported by Sun:

• Solaris 10 OS
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

Need consolidation and virtualization? Move up.

The Sun Fire X2250 server was designed for HPC workloads at an attractive price. For consolidation and virtualization jobs, please consider the Sun Fire X4250 server.