The Sun Fire T2000 server (code named Ontario) is a system engineered by

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for applications including Web 2.0 and databasing. Part of the

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line, the T2000 was among the first servers to leverage Sun's CoolThreads processing technology, which improves the energy-efficiency of systems. Introduced in December 2005, the Sun T2000 reached its end of life (EOL) in November 2009.

Hardware

The T2000 is powered by a four-core, six-core or eight-core

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processor, supports up to 64 GiB of ECC

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system memory using 16 DIMM slots, and up to 584 gigabytes of internal storage with Serial attached SCSI drives.

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noted that the system is light for its class. It is 3.5 inches tall, 16.7 inches wide, 24.4 inches deep and weighs 40 pounds.

Operating Systems

The T2000 was offered by Sun preloaded with the

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operating system.

References

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