Sun introduces versatile enterprise blade platform

Bangalore, Jun 7 (UNI) Sun Microsystems today introduced the Sun Blade 6000 modular system which redefined the datacentre lifecuycle with up to double the memory and double the inter-operability capacity of competing blades and rack mount servers.

Sun Microsystems Director for Systems Practice, Vijay Pradhan told newsmen here Sun had delivered a system that enabled customers to upgrade to virtualised blade platforms without the expense or technical compromises presented by competitors. ''We are now offering the broadest support of volume architecture and operating system in the industry, combined with the energy efficiency'' he said, adding the Sun Blade 6000 could be anyone's universal deployment platform.

Sun Blade 6000 could easily integrate into existing data centre infrastructure and management systems without requiring proprietary i/o, proprietary management or hidden licensing costs. It supported solaris 10 os, windows and linux.

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