Sun last week launched new servers based on AMD Opteron processors. The new Sun Fire X4200 and X4100 64bit x86 servers, codenamed Galaxy, come with one or two dual-core processors, and can run Solaris, Windows, and Linux releases from Red Hat and Suse.
“These servers will lead to a 75 percent space saving in datacentres, will reduce power consumption by two-thirds and will give at least a 50 percent increase in performance,” said Trudy Norris-Gre...
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