Date: 26-Nov-2009   URL: www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4600/perspectives.xml

Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server

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White Papers

Scaling Virtual Desktops on Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers

Sun Microsystems, Mar 23, 2009
The combination of the Sun Fire X4600 M2 server and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 software provides a powerful, scalable consolidation platform whose performance is proven by measurements using a beta version of the VMmark benchmark.

Sun Fire x64 Servers Helping Organizations Get Ahead, and Stay Ahead Whitepaper

Sun Microsystems, Inc., Aug 01, 2006
IT organizations expect not only excellent value in x64 servers, but also the kind of reliability, security, and agility needed for an enterprise-class IT infrastructure.

Application and Database Server Consolidation on the Sun Fire X4600 Server using Solaris Containers

Sun Microsystems, Oct 12, 2006
The combined capabilities of the Sun Fire X4600 server and Solaris Containers technology afford considerable promise as a consolidation platform.

Enabling Customer Choice: Sun Mainstreams Server Virtualization IDC

IDC, Jul 01, 2006
Sun is bringing virtualization benefits to customers by designing the Sun Fire X4600 server platforms with enterprise class reliability, availability, and serviceability features.

Sun Fire X4600 Technical Architecture

Sun Microsystems, May 22, 2007
With its multiple operating system support, time-saving manageability, and availability features, the Sun Fire X4600 server is designed for server consolidation and virtualization, enterprise applications, and High Performance Computing.


Solution Briefs

Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software

Sun Microsystems, Sep 10, 2008
Access applications and services anywhere, anytime using Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Sun Secure Global Desktop software, Sun Ray Server software, and Sun Virtual Desktop Connector) and Sun x64 servers.

Sun x64 Systems for Scalable MCAE Performance

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
Provides MCAE background and highlights industry-leading MCAE benchmarks achieved using Sun x64 blade systems powered by Intel Xeon processors.

Subex Limited and Sun

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
Subex Limited software running on Sun x64 servers and Sun Fire servers provides a secure revenue assurance and fraud management solution for Telco customers.

Consolidation Through Virtualization with Sun x64 Servers

Sun Microsystems, Sep 11, 2008
Learn about server consolidation on Sun x64 servers using Solaris Containers and VMware ESX Server partitioning and virtualization technologies.

Sun and MySQL Database Software

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
The benefits of Sun's acquisition of MySQL database software, commitment to continuing investment, and global support for MySQL, as well as Sun's platforms for outstanding MySQL performance.

Sun Cool Stack for the Solaris Operating System

Sun Microsystems, Mar 04, 2008
Provides background on the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl) and describes the Cool Stack optimized binaries on the Solaris OS with special focus on Open Solaris features.


Press Releases


Reviews

Sun Fire X4600, Combining the Need for Speed With Energy Efficiency

ServerWatch, Jun 21, 2007
Saying this server is "fast" doesn't really do it justice. Speed isn't nearly as important as good design, redundancy, and close attention to detail from a seasoned server manufacturer. Combine that with extreme flexibility and speed, and you have the X4600. »Read More

2007 Technology of the Year Awards Winner for Best High-Performance Server

InfoWorld, Jan 02, 2007
"The plentiful processing and I/O resources make this server a tremendous platform for virtualization, HPC, and database applications."

Sun's New Big Iron Bends the Rules

InfoWorld, Dec 01, 2006
Sun Fire X4600 M2 octo-Opteron server proves a triumph of capability and design.

 
 
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