Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu to launch new server systems

Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu to launch new server systems

Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu are due to launch their new server products based on the SPARC processor and the Solaris operating system.

This new range would also include some low-end servers that use the UltraSparc T1 “Niagara” processors. Others would be the higher end machines powered by the SPARC 64 VI.

The two companies said in a statement that these new server products would support the Sun’s Solaris 10 operating system. Sun and Toshiba added that these servers would enable customers to more easily deploy virtualization technology in their data centers.

Sun added that they are now rebranding its UltraSparc T1-based Sun Fire systems as simply T1000 and T2000 servers.

They are also going to sell two low-end systems under the Sun and Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens labels which would be powered with multicore UltraSparc T1 chips starting at 1GHz and running up to 1.4GHz on the T2000.