Q. Coolthreads, AMD Opteron, UltraSPARC and now SPARC. How would you categorize Sun's server lines?

Posted by : Dr. Root | 15 June, 2007 | Published in

You're right to ask. Sun has three server families and each is designed for particular workloads.

In short...

SUN FIRE COOLTHREADS SERVERS:
Sun Fire CoolThreads servers are powered by the UltraSPARC T1 Chip Multi-Threading processor and are ideally suited for massive transactional throughput. If you need a server that can manage large numbers of web-based transactions, they're your perfect fit.

SUN FIRE X64 SERVERS:
In areas that require an x86 chip and demand both multithreaded and high floating point performance, AMD Opteron (and now also Intel Xeon with the new Sun Blade 6000) processor-based Sun Fire x64 servers would prove a better choice.

SUN ENTERPRISE SERVERS:

For heavy-duty database applications where single-threaded performance trumps throughput, Sun Enterprise servers -- powered by an UltraSPARC IV+ or SPARC processor -- will give you the necessary horsepower.

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