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Upgrade and Save up to 15%

Pick to Order (PTO) configurations are available for Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server with new 2.75GHz SPARC64 VII Processor. The newly enhanced server also offers a new 667MHz DIMMs X-option. The M3000 is only available in PTO configurations, therefore upgrading from the 2.52GHz processor to the 2.75GHz processor requires purchasing a new 2.75GHz system. Trade-in allowances for Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are available for up to 15%.

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Sun Solution Increased User and IT Productivity, Security and Added Easy Remote Access

In September 2008, medical products maker ResMed decided to replace 160 PCs with Sun Ray 2 Thin Clients, and purchased two SPARC Enterprise T2000 Servers with chip multithreading, and four Sun Fire X4440 Servers to support its new solution. According to ResMed, IT productivity has increased by the equivalent of two additional IT staff, and the company has saved about $267,850. The Sun solution also increased security and substantially reduced energy costs as well as the noise-level.

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Supported on Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 Servers

There are new higher performance 2.88GHz quad-core SPARC64 VII processor/memory boards (CMU) with a higher throughput memory controller (MAC+) available to order for new Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000-64 servers. The 2.88GHz SPARC64 VII quad-core options can be mixed and matched in the SPARC Enterprise M9000 servers with the current SPARC64 VI (2.28 or 2.4GHz) and SPARC64 VII (2.52GHz) options. Availability of the CMU as field upgrades and on the SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000-32 servers are expected to be announced by year’s end.

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Increase Clock Speeds to 2.53GHz, 2.88GHz for 25% Performance Improvement

New quad-core SPARC64 VII processors offer 25 percent better performance than previous version and an enhanced memory controller for the SPARC Enterprise server line, Sun and Fujitsu announced. The new processors are the second in-box upgrade delivered for this product family and are available as an option for existing SPARC Enterprise servers needing an upgrade.

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Applies to UltraSPARC T2, T2 Plus & Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000 Servers

Sun is retiring two different products: the 73 GB, 10,000 RPM, 2.5 inch SAS disk drives for UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus Chip Multithreading (CMT) servers and the 73GB disk drive options on Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers.

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