On China ERC, there is an very attractive booth which is to show the latest Sun Server named Sun Fire X2270, and it attracts a lot of teachers’ attention.

- Sun x2270
Designed to benefit companies with technical computing workloads, the Sun Fire X2270 server offers a powerful I/O and compute node at a low starting price. The high performance, scalability, large memory capacity, the comprehensive remote management capability make it an economical platform of choice for large-scale HPC and Web infrastructure deployments.
Sun Fire X2270 server is fast, expandable and energy-efficient entry class x64 servers that run Solaris , Linux, Windows and VMware operating systems.
1.Do More With Less: High performing server helps to maximize Return On Investment.
2.More Headroom to Grow: More expandable in memory and storage connectivity.
3.Cut IT operating expenses: More power efficient that results in power consumption and cooling cost.
Howerver, I can’t help to introduce the highlight of Sun Fire X2270 which are followed:
Rack-optimized(1U), two-socket x64 server
Best price/performance in its class with Sun Flash Modules and SSDs.
Accelerates floating-point calculations for compute-intensive applications
Up to 12 memory slots make it ideal for memory-intensive applications such as electronic design antomation(EDA) simulations or financial modeling
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