Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today announced that High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL) in Canada has selected Sun to power Victoria Falls, its new compute cluster based on
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 servers and the
Solaris 10 Operating System (OS). HPCVL selected the Sun platform for its reliable, secure computing environment as well as its capability to scale dynamically, with little difficulty and with lower total cost of ownership. At full capacity, the Sun-powered Victoria Falls HPC cluster is designed to process nearly 10,000 threads simultaneously. To take advantage of special offers and promotions for the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 server, including Sun's Try and Buy program, visit:
http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy.
