Sun Constellation System

Sun Constellation System

The world's first open petascale computing environment, the Sun Constellation System combines ultra-dense high-performance computing, networking, storage and software into an integrated system that delivers massive scalability, dramatically reduced complexity, and breakthrough economics.


At a Glance



Key Benefits

  • Massive Performance & Scalability: Scale from small blade clusters to over 2 Pflops
  • Flexibility: Utilize three different blades (SPARC, Intel and AMD) in the same chassis
  • Cabling Simplicity: Up to 6 times InfiniBand cable reduction. Up to 38:1 reduction in InfiniBand switching elements.
  • Density: 20% floor space reduction, 50% more compute density.
  • Freedom of Choice: Plug and play compute nodes, operating environments, storage, workload management software, and high-speed interconnect

Key Applications

  • Research
  • Climate Modelling
  • Astrophysics
  • Oil Exploration
  • Meteorology
  • Materials science

Blue Sky Studios Selects Sun Technology

Blue Sky Studios use Sun Blade servers and Sun Ultra workstations to power its creative development environment for its latest film, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

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