Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server

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Scale more with less with Sun's 3rd generation CoolThreads design: 16 cores, 128 compute threads, 16 disk drives, and 128 GB of memory in a 2RU space. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server is the fastest 2-socket server available, with up to 5 times the performance in half the space and 2.5 times better performance per watt than comparable x86 systems.

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Key Applications

Virtualization and consolidation
Web, middleware, and application tier workloads
OLTP databases
Multithreaded HPC workloads

At A Glance

World's first dual-socket, general-purpose server powered by the 3rd generation UltraSPARC T2 Plus "System on a Chip" processor
Up to 128 compute threads per server and 2,500 threads per rack – 8x higher compute density than comparable x86 systems
Up to 5x higher performance, 2.5x higher performance per watt, and 2-4x higher memory and internal storage expandability – all in half the space than comparable x86 systems
Integrated, flexible, open source, no-cost virtualization technology
Integrated on-chip cryptographic acceleration and on-board 10-gigabit Ethernet for secure computing and high-speed networking