In the high end of the server industry, where UNIX holds sway and demanding applications go for configurable firepower, Sun has struck a blow with two deceptively powerful servers that, of all things, pack all of their mutlthreaded into rack and blade options. Sun's T5120 and T5220 servers, based on Sun's UltraSPARC T2, and, remarkable, single-socket servers.This doesn't place them in the bargain class, though, In the high end of the server industry, where UNIX holds sway and demanding applications go for configurable firepower, Sun has struck a blow with two deceptively powerful servers that, of all things, pack all of their mutlthreaded into rack and blade options. Sun’s T5120 and T5220 servers, based on Sun’s UltraSPARC T2, and, remarkable, single-socket servers.This doesn’t place them in the bargain class, though, because at clock speeds below 2 GHz, T2 servers and blades are sweeping award-winning performance even against a few of Sun’s own high-performance rivals. According to Sun, a T6320 server blade creates a physically-extensible solution of unrivaled speed, consolidation density and power efficiency. It its’ boasts are to be believed, then UltraSPARC outperforms competing blades by up to 40 percent, while saving more than 30 percent in power utilization. Sun’s magic with UltraSPARC T2 is Chip MultiThreading (CMT), allowing a single-socket server or blade to outperform competing solutions, even scoring a win in SPEC”s demanding floating point benchmarks. Specific pricing wasn’t available at the time of the pre-briefng, but it is expected to be roughly in line with UltraSPARC T1 systems. Ballparking, a spokesman offered “$9,999 and up.” Sun’s servers run Solaris UNIX and Linux, while the new Sun Management Center 4.0 manages servers and virtualization containers across servers. With SMC 4.0 and a new installer in Solaris, Sun boasts a tenfold decrease in typical deployment time. Technology Industry