Sun | Sun Fire X4170 Server
Introduced in May of 2009 as the replacement for the Sun Fire X4150, the Sun Fire X4170 server is a versatile enterprise server that delivers high performance for key applications like back office applications (databases, ERP, CRM), IT infrastructure (security, DNS proxy, caching, firewall, gateway), billing and operational management systems for Internet and telecom infrastructure, and commercial HPC grid computing.
The Sun Fire X4170 is part of the popular line of Sun ‘X’ servers that started with the X2100, and includes the X2200 M2, X2250, X2270, X4100, X4140, X4150, X4200, X4240, X4250, X4270, X4275, X4440, X4500, X4540, X4600 M2, and the X4640.
With a form factor of only one rack unit, this server uses one or two quad core Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors, up to 144 GB of RAM, and up to 8 hotplug 146, or 300 GB 10K RPM or 73 GB 15K RPM 2.5” disk drives; 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA disk drives, or up to four 32GB solid state drives
The X4170 supports multiple operating systems including Solaris 10 10/08 (U6) 64-bit or later; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7, 32-bit and 64-bit; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, 64-bit; SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, (SP2) 64-bit; Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, (SP2) 32-bit and 64-bit; Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, 32-64-bit; Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, 32-bit and 64-bit; Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, (SP2), 32-bit and 64-bit; and VMware ESX.
The Sun Fire X4170 is part of the popular line of Sun ‘X’ servers that started with the X2100, and includes the X2200 M2, X2250, X2270, X4100, X4140, X4150, X4200, X4240, X4250, X4270, X4275, X4440, X4500, X4540, X4600 M2, and the X4640.
With a form factor of only one rack unit, this server uses one or two quad core Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors, up to 144 GB of RAM, and up to 8 hotplug 146, or 300 GB 10K RPM or 73 GB 15K RPM 2.5” disk drives; 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA disk drives, or up to four 32GB solid state drives
The X4170 supports multiple operating systems including Solaris 10 10/08 (U6) 64-bit or later; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7, 32-bit and 64-bit; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, 64-bit; SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, (SP2) 64-bit; Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, (SP2) 32-bit and 64-bit; Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, 32-64-bit; Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, 32-bit and 64-bit; Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, (SP2), 32-bit and 64-bit; and VMware ESX.
