Sun Fire X4440 Server

Ultra High Density

Loaded with Features

With four AMD Opteron processors, 256 GB of memory capacity, over two terabytes of local storage, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, and six PCIe slots, the Sun Fire X4440 server has maximized the 2RU rackspace. No one can beat or even match that much compute power in a 2RU space.

Consolidation conquers complexity

A single Sun Fire X4440 system can consolidate racks and rows of older servers for huge savings on power, space, and cabling, not to mention throughput improvements. The Sun Fire X4440 server fits 4-socket processing power in half the rack space compared to Dell, HP, and IBM. The Sun Fire X4440 server has twice the amount of network ports, which reduces the need for external switches. Its world record performance makes the Sun Fire X4440 the ultimate solution for power and space-constrained data centers.

Virtualization innovation

The Sun Fire X4440 server gives you enormously powerful virtualization tools: hardware level virtualization with AMD-V™, cross-platform virtualization, cross platform virtualization between Solaris 10 and Windows, and VMware and Xen support. A key in virtualization success is having enough memory, storage, and network connectivity to keep up with the CPUs. Here, the Sun Fire X4440 server gives you as much as twice that of other servers in its class: 256 GB memory, over two terabyte of local storage across eight disks, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, and six PCIe slots.

How does the Sun Fire X4440 server compare to the HP DL585 G2/G5, Dell PE R905, Dell PE6950, and IBM x3755 servers?

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Superior Performance

The AMD Opteron in an optimum system

The Sun Fire X4440 server uses the fastest AMD Opteron processors, hardware-assisted AMD Virtualization, and AMD's Direct Connect Architecture to eliminate bottlenecks.

Broad Scalability

Equipped to scale out, up, or within

• Scale-out architectures: With up to 24 processing cores, 256 GB memory, eight SAS HDDs, over 2TB of internal storage, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, and six high-speed PCIe expansion slots, which support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6.
• Scale-up architectures: The Sun Fire X4440 has throughput for large virtualization projects and database workloads. The Sun Fire X4440 server is also designed for seamless upgradability to future generation quad-core processors.
• Scale-within: Solaris 10 Containers and VMware enable the Sun Fire X4440 server with an enormous capacity for consolidating multiple applications on a single platform.

Exceptional Resource Efficiency

Cooler by design

The Sun Fire X4440 server benefits from Sun's new energy-efficient server design to save on power and cooling costs. Its design provides an improved air flow for front-to-back cooling.

AMD cuts your costs

AMD has set a new standard in performance and energy efficiency with:

• Dual Dynamic Power Management
• CoolCore
• HT assist
• Independent Dynamic Core Technology
• PowerNow!
• AMD Smart Fetch

Sun shows you how!

Take a look at Sun's 3-Step Approach to Greening the Datacenter, part of the Sun Eco Innovation Initiative. Also, visit our Eco Innovation Initiative to see some Quick, Simple Steps to Save Energy that you can use today.

Easy Manageability

Manage and monitor, local or remote

The Sun Fire X4440 server comes with Sun's Integrated Lights Out Manager for greatly simplified system management and monitoring at no extra cost.

Easy maintenance boosts the bottom line

Like all Sun Fire servers, this one is designed with redundant and hot-swappable components, such as cooling fans, power supplies and disk drives, that make component replacement fast and easy.