Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Windows on Thumper

Sun Microsystems loaned an X4500 to the Johns Hopkins University Physics Department in Baltimore, Maryland to do Windows-SQLserver performance experiments and to be a public resource for services like SkyServer.org, LifeUnderYourFeet.net, and CasJobs.sdss.org.

This is the fastest Intel/AMD system we have ever benchmarked. The 6+ GB/s memory system (4.5GB/s copy) is very promising.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It is astounding what this little baby can do.