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The Sun Fire 15K Server for High Performance and Technical Markets

Overview The Sun Fire 15K server is an all new, high-end SMP server from Sun Microsystems, Inc. With its big shared memory, fast UltraSPARC III processors, high bandwidth Fireplane system interconnect, and multithreaded Solaris operating environment (Solaris OE), the Sun Fire 15K server is an ideal platform for large scale high performance and technical computing (HPTC). This white paper describes today’s HPTC markets and the Sun Fire 15K architecture and features that are designed to serve these markets. A brief description of the Sun Fire family of systems and Sun’s comprehensive HPTC hardware/software stack is also included to provide a better understanding of Sun Fire 15K server’s overall value proposition.

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Publisher	Sun Microsystems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	September 2001	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Application Servers, File and Network Servers

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