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News Dell Seeks to Benefit from Sun’s Dilemma
Offering to migrate Sun customers from their legacy Unix systems to its Nehalem-based Linux servers
By: Maureen O'Gara
Apr. 17, 2009 02:15 PM
With Sun's destiny uncertain - and its users undoubtedly nail-bitingly anxious - Dell, which is not in great shape itself, is looking to land a few It's offering to migrate Sun customers from their legacy Unix systems to its Nehalem-based Linux blade, rack and tower servers. It claims, for instance, that Solaris, which Dell sells, on its Intel-based PowerEdge servers runs databases 14 times faster than Solaris-based Sun Fire hardware. It claims its consultants, with a Unix-to-Linux Migration ROI Calculator in hand as well as a bunch of other services and tools, can make the transition fast and seamless. Sun of course has its own Nehalem-based Sun Fire blades, racks and workstation just announced Tuesday replete with flash, embedded high-performance networking and advanced thermal management among their charms. Reader Feedback: Page 1 of 1
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