Sun | Sun Fire X4600 / X4600 M2 Server
Introduced in July 2006, The Sun Fire X4600 server was the computer industry's first 4RU modular x64 server that was expandable from 2 to 8 processors. With AMD Opteron processors this gave up to 32 cores in a single system.
Sun introduced the M2 version of the X4600 in December of 2006.
The Sun X4600 is part of the popular line of Sun ‘X’ servers that includes the X2100, X2200 M2, X2250, X2270, X4100, X4140, X4150, X4170, X4200, X4240, X4250, X4270, X4275, X4440, X4500, X4540, and the X4640.
The Sun Fire X4600 can run single, dual, and quad core processors, up to 512 GB of RAM, and up to 4 hot swappable 2.5 inch SAS 10K 73 GB or 146 GB – or 73 GB 15K - enterprise class disk drives, that offer IOPS performance increase and 58% power savings compared to today's 3.5 inch drive. The Sun Fire X4600 / X4600 M2 supports multiple operating systems, including Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, SUSE, VMware, and Windows.
Sun EOL’d (end-of-lifed) the Sun Fire X4600 in November of 2007, and EOL’d the X4600 M2 in March of 2010.
Sun introduced the M2 version of the X4600 in December of 2006.
The Sun X4600 is part of the popular line of Sun ‘X’ servers that includes the X2100, X2200 M2, X2250, X2270, X4100, X4140, X4150, X4170, X4200, X4240, X4250, X4270, X4275, X4440, X4500, X4540, and the X4640.
The Sun Fire X4600 can run single, dual, and quad core processors, up to 512 GB of RAM, and up to 4 hot swappable 2.5 inch SAS 10K 73 GB or 146 GB – or 73 GB 15K - enterprise class disk drives, that offer IOPS performance increase and 58% power savings compared to today's 3.5 inch drive. The Sun Fire X4600 / X4600 M2 supports multiple operating systems, including Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, SUSE, VMware, and Windows.
Sun EOL’d (end-of-lifed) the Sun Fire X4600 in November of 2007, and EOL’d the X4600 M2 in March of 2010.
