The Sun Fire brand of servers was released in 2001 by Sun Microsystems, which would later be acquired by Oracle Corporation. This release was around when Sun Microsystems introduced its UltraSPARC III processors, so Sun Fire servers contained this processor until 2003. Over the years, a variety of processors have been included in Sun Fire servers including: the Intel Xeon processor, AMD Opteron processors, and the UltraSPARC IV dual-core processor. Unfortunately Sun Fire servers were officially discontinued in 2010, so businesses that want the benefits that these devices offer must purchase used Sun servers instead. This article will take a look at some of the benefits that are offered by these servers and why purchasing them used is actually a wise investment.
Sun Fire servers are valued because they provide a wide range of benefits and possibilities for business owners. The wide range of possibilities refers to the number of processors that were included in these servers over the year, and also the variety of operating systems that are available. Here are a few of the used Sun servers that buyers will find for sale:
Sun Blades: This blade system is designed to save time, power and money by taking up less space. These offer twice the memory and I/O capacity of competing blade systems.
Sun Entry Rack Mount Servers: This easy to scale, easy to manage, inexpensive device can be installed with any operating system or processor.
Mid Range Sun Fire Servers: Enterprise-class features and mainframe-class RAS are designed for mission-critical computing.
High end Sun Fire Servers: Similar to the mid-range servers but offering double the memory capacity and significantly increased I/O performance.
There are a number of options when searching for this particular brand, and they all offer their own set of benefits to consumers. The biggest benefit of all is that because these servers much be purchased used, they come at a substantial price discount. Many have a hard time accepting the price cut because they fear that the devices will be low-quality or unreliable. However, purchasing used Sun servers that have been refurbished can ease these fears.
Many sellers of used Sun servers complete reconditioning in-house, so they provide plenty of information to the consumer about the condition of key components and about which parts were recently replaced. This helps make the systems more reliable as customers are able to schedule maintenance in advance. They also get the peace of mind of knowing that the device will last longer thanks to the parts that have been replaced.
Used Sun servers that have been refurbished are also high-quality. These servers will be professionally cleaned and packaged in anti-static packaging, but only after passing complex diagnostic tests. Vendors will make sure that each component works properly and even pre-load necessary software to make sure that the device is able to run the server. As a result, the buyer receives a server that already has the software it plans to use loaded onto it, so that all the buyer has to do is plug in the server and go.
Buyers who are in the market for Sun Fire servers should invest in used Sun servers that have been refurbished to save money and still receive quality hardware.
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