Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Sep 2005 11:55 UTC
Oracle and SUN The San Jose, Calif.-based hardware maker is expected to unveil a new generation of AMD Opteron-based servers, known by the code-name Galaxy, at an event in New York City. There, Sun Microsystems Inc.'s executives are expected to detail four new machines, along with its plans for software and services surrounding them.
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by Anonymous on Wed 7th Sep 2005 12:58 UTC
Some more links...
by Anonymous on Wed 7th Sep 2005 16:03 UTC
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These things look so badass
by Bascule on Wed 7th Sep 2005 19:01 UTC
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http://news.com.com/2300-1010-5845883.html

Best looking Opteron servers I've ever seen. And given Andy's past performance, I think we can expect these aesthetics to carry over in terms of functionality and ease of maintenance as well.

It's also rumored that the Niagra servers will be quite similar in design.

My only question would be the drive modules... these seem incompatible with the drive modules currently used by Sun and StorageTek devices.

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heh
by Anonymous on Thu 8th Sep 2005 02:12 UTC
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They look like Xserves.

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Big for Sun
by Matt Giacomini on Thu 8th Sep 2005 03:12 UTC
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If they can bring this into their core product line. Many times it seems sun has good ideas, but lets them die a starnage death because they never become a core part of the business.

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The Galaxy and the new Niagra boxes...
by Anonymous on Thu 8th Sep 2005 11:17 UTC
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look very similar in design. We have them both, where i work, and they look amazing. The inside is better then the outside in that there are no wires sticking out. Everything is built to just attach. The best thing is the disks. They are very small hard disks using SAS. They are ssooo nicely designed. they fit very tightly into the slots, again no cables at all. Unfortunately are not the traditional design, so might not be compatible with current ones.

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