Would it be possible to have some hard numbers?

Phrases like
"up to three times faster than those built with previous Xeon chips "
"up to 2x more I/O throughput than competing blade servers"
"the performance of a 4U system in a compact 1U form factor"

are really just marketing speak.

Would it be possible to get a comparison with actual models (possibly from Sun, but from "competing blade servers" as well)?!?

Also, how is the price/performance impacted? 3x the speed, 10x the cost? Or the way around?

Sorry, but this kind of articles don't belong to a technical site!

Igor

Page 28 of the X4x70 white paper states :

"Unlike rotational media, which spins up slowly at power-on, SSD devices require full power at system initialization. Because of this initial power-on surge, there are some limitations with the number of 32GB SSD devices initially supported in the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 servers. The Sun Fire X4170 server can support a maximum of four SATA SSDs, while the Sun Fire X4270 and X4275 servers can support a maximum of eight SSD devices. For configurations that incorporate a SAS HBA, it is possible, however, to populate remaining empty device slots with SAS HDDs.

Taking the example of a Sun Fire X4170 with four Intel X25-E (SSDSA2SH032G1), my understanding is that the overall consumption would be 9.6W, and I wonder why there is a concern about this during power-on, in relation to the overall electrical load of processors, memory, on-board controllers, chipsets and expansion cards ; maybe a solution would be to have a separate power supply that could deliver 9.6W instantly to the SSD ?
Page 28 of the X4x70 white paper states :

Unlike rotational media, which spins up slowly at power-on, SSD devices require full power at system initialization. Because of this initial power-on surge, there are some limitations with the number of 32GB SSD devices initially supported in the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 servers. The Sun Fire X4170 server can support a maximum of four SATA SSDs, while the Sun Fire X4270 and X4275 servers can support a maximum of eight SSD devices. For configurations that incorporate a SAS HBA, it is possible, however, to populate remaining empty device slots with SAS HDDs."

Taking the example of a Sun Fire X4170 with four Intel X25-E (SSDSA2SH032G1), my understanding is that the overall consumption would be 9.6W, and I wonder why there is a concern about this during power-on, in relation to the overall electrical load of processors, memory, on-board controllers, chipsets and expansion cards ; maybe a solution would be to have a separate power supply that could deliver 9.6W instantly to the SSD ?

congrats for launching new servers. Its really good for all who used servers for virtualization. Sun Fire X4270 server - this is very good for virtualization. These are the three time faster than previous one..

Cool info.

Keep continue with these kind of information..