Most Recent and Popular Ones Listed
The Oracle-Sun downloads page offers the latest downloads along with a list of the top software visitors have downloaded. The page also offers its featured downloads, such as Java, NetBeans, GlassFish, JavaFX, OpenOffice.org, VirtualBox, and more. This article lists the most recent and top downloads, and links to access them.
Gains Accelerated Performance, Better CPU Utilization, Lower Operating Costs
Mind Candy made its Moshi Monsters upgrade happen with Sun Technology: Sun Startup Essentials, Sun Fire X4170 and X4270 servers, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System and Java SE6. Mind Candy achieved the upgrade with CPU utilization rates cut from 70 to 15 percent; Tomcat Web application server speed doubled; and the implementation of a cost-effective, eco-responsible infrastructure.
Sun Fire Servers, Intel SSDs Help Music Streaming Architecture Scale 
Last.fm is a popular Internet radio site for music. Founded in 2002, it now claims over 30 million active users based in more than 200 countries. In its early stages of development, Last.fm turned to Sun and the Sun Startup Essentials program to help it get up and running. Over the past two or so years, Sun has saved the organization money, reduced its output, and helped Last.fm scale beyond boundaries it never thought feasible, writes Sun’s Stewart Townsend, who shares a blog from Last.fm engineering team member Mike Brodbelt on its Xbox LIVE launch.
Holds Its Own Against Dell’s PowerEdge R610, HP’s ProLiant DL360 G6
The glowing review of the Sun Fire X4170 in PC Pro by Dave Mitchell cites little to find fault with in Sun’s Xeon-5570 powered processors, allowing that there is merit in the claim that the X4170 holds its own against competing 4U solutions. This level of performance, he notes, comes with a TDP of 95 watts while also supporting Hyper-Threading and Turbo-Boost. He adds that the 5570s support memory speeds up to 1,333MHz and have the highest speed QPI of 6.4GT/sec.
