Succeed with Sun
Are you aware that the energy consumption by data servers in the EU is comparable to the energy required to operate 8 nuclear power plants? In this day and age in which we seek to reduce the human footprint on the globe, this amount of energy is mind boggling. A necessary focus of our technology and effort should be to reduce this consumption through developing methods of maximizing the efficiency of data servers in high demand networks.
The time has come for business owners and city administrators to move forward; take a proactive step into the new realities of the world we live in. The time has arrived for a viable solution to the storage space we need for our information goods. Enter Sun Software.
Sun Software is all about efficiency. Amazing products that will save you money and energy are their specialty. Their servers have been tested and proven in real world usage. A few examples of what they have to offer are:
consolidating and virtualizing the server's infrastructure modernizing the city's network the use of a virtual desktop infrastructure for the city employees consolidating the printer environment
Processor options: Processor- Two Quad-core AMD Opteron Processors, (Model 2356 Rev F2.3 GHz) Cache - 128K L1, 512K L2 each core and 2MB L3 shared by all four cores
Memory options: Memory type- DDR-2 675 MHz (PC3200) registered DIMMs with ECC (128 bit plus ECC databus) Memory Capacity- 16 DDR2 DIMM slots (8 per processor)64GB maximum with 2 CPUS and 4GB DIMMs, standard 32GB
Hard Disk: Hard Disk Supported- 48 hot swappable, 3.5" SATA II Disk RAID configurations- SW RAID enabled by RAID-Z in Solaris ZFS for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, and RAID z2 for RAID 6
Many more case studies can be viewed at http://efficient-servers.eu/ for more information and opportunities to support this project as we continue to develop technology toward a more energy efficient IT future.
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