SUN Systems and Servers

SUN has an extensive history with its SPARC processors, and has also made waves in the market with its x86 product line. SUN can meet your computing needs whether they are a 1U Intel/AMD server, a 4U x4600 for virtualization, or a more traditional E10/15/25K for mainframe requirements.

Scalar is known throughout the industry for its deep roots with SUN. Being SUNs Partner of the Year gives us visibility to many technologies before they become available to the public. We then can use this inside knowledge to help plan growth strategies without having to guess about future offerings.

While trying to determine which server is the right fit for your organization Scalar has the technical knowledge required to properly size and architect a solution for you.

SUNs explosive growth in the UNIX and x86 space is largely based on their competitive pricing, and sound technological foundations. Whether you are considering application consolidation, virtualization, or high-performance-computing, SUN offers a variety of flavours to suit your needs.

x86 Architecture:

  • Sun Fire Server line
  • Intel offerings have product numbers ending with "00" or "0" - x2200 or x4140
  • AMD offerings have product numbers ending with "50" - x2250 or x4150
  • combination of performance, density, scalability and energy efficiency while lowering costs and complexity

CoolThreads (SPARC)

Scalar can help you undertake the demands of secure web scale, databases, ERP, CRM, and business applications with the fastest, most space-saving and energy-efficient, and open systems. CoolThreads technology deliver breakthrough performance, scalability and reliability with dramatic space, power, and cost efficiency on Sun's proven open source chip multithreading (CMT) architecture.

Scalar is also one of the leading deployment firms of Solaris and SUN virtualization in Ontario, software you get at no extra cost.

Sun Blades:

  • Radically efficient in terms of space, power and cooling
  • Operationally efficient and productive
  • Highly serviceable and upgradeable
  • Multi-processor and OS support
  • UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon processors running together in a single chassis

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Why Scalar is your best option for Sun

Scalar Decisions has sold over 600M of Sun technology since 1991, we believe making us Sun’s longest and largest overall partner. Most recently our efforts were rewarded with Sun announcing us as their FY08 Partner of the Year. Our Sun investments in people, certification and training mean we carry their highest partner status — executive — across all their key product categories (server, storage, software and services). Understanding the technology to this extent means we can help maximize the investment, deliver superior results and integrate their technology into a heterogeneous world.