Sun Blade 8000 Family

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The Sun Blade 8000 Modular System features AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processor blades and gives you performance and I/O throughput that can replace less-efficient rackmount servers for enterprise applications and high performance computing.

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Key Applications

Enterprise-class applications
High performance computing
Server consolidation and virtualization
x86 clusters and grids

At A Glance

Designed to process large-scale Oracle and SAP applications
Solaris, Linux, VMware, Windows
No-compromise features meet or beat rackmount servers
2-3x the density of rackmount servers
Up to 43 percent more power-efficient than rackmount servers
Up to 84 percent lower system support costs
Enterprise-class RAS: hot-pluggable, redundant components
Available as a Sun System Pack with combined systems and services
Installation services that help you fully utilize the industry's most open platform, built on open source technologies and open standards

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Product Overview Video

Andy Bechtolsheim, Chief Architect and Senior Vice President, Systems Group and John Gage, Sun's Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office, discuss the highlights of the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System.