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SUN FIRE E20K SERVER


Product has EOL announced with a last order date of January 8, 2009. It is superceded by the Sun SPARC Enterprise M-series.

High-end computing, affordability, and scalability: The Sun Fire E20K server gives you 36 UltraSPARC IV+ processors and 72 simultaneous threads, with mainframe class reliability and security. Later, scale it up to the full Sun Fire E25K capacities.

At A Glance

  • New UltraSPARC IV+: Over 5x the performance of UltraSPARC III servers and over double that of UltraSPARC IV servers
  • Hot swap and mix & match UltraSPARC IV+, IV, and III processors in the same system
  • Scales up to 36 processors with 72 threads and up to 576 GB memory for heavily threaded commercial applications
  • Easily upgraded up to 72 processors with 144 threads and 1 TB-memory
  • Solaris OS, with its application compatibility guarantee, delivers seamless processor migration
  • Provision up to nine Uniboards - the same boards used on Sun Fire E4900-E25K servers - on the fly
  • The Sun Fire Capacity on Demand program offers 'pay as you grow' computing options
  • Industry-leading virtualization, plus fault isolated Dynamic System Domains, Solaris Containers, and Predictive Self-Healing deliver a scalable consolidation platform
  • Available as a Sun System Pack, which combines the Sun Fire E20K Server with the right services as one offering
  • Installation services that help you fully utilize the industry's most open platform, built on open source technologies and open standards

Key Applications

  • Business processing
  • Databases and data warehouses
  • IT Infrastructure
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