Yahoo! meldt dat Sun op 21 maart een nieuwe mid-range UltraSparc III server-lijn zal introduceren. Het artikel gaat niet in op technische details, maar volgens Ace's Hardware betreft het de release van de 'Serengeti' servers. De Serengeti-serie begint bij systemen met 8 processors en vult het gat tot de nieuwe top-end StarCat systemen, die als vervangen dienen voor het huidige 'StarFire' topmodel met 64 UltraSparc II processors. De StarCats zullen geleverd worden in configuraties met maximaal 105 US3 processors. De release van deze systemen alsmede de introductie van de mid-end 'Daktari' workgroup servers zal op een later tijdstip plaatsvinden:
While the article doesn't go into specifics, this introduction could pertain to either the Daktari or Serengeti product lines. The general consensus, however, is that Serengeti will be the first to be introduced, and it does fit the statements in this article somewhat better than the Daktari workgroup line. The Serengeti line will consist of the company's mid-range to high-end USIII servers, scaling from 8-way systems up to the StarFire replacement, codenamed StarCat. It has also been said that all Serengeti systems will be architecturally compatible from a hardware standpoint, meaning all the systems will use the same CPU boards and so forth.
Daktari is the codename for Sun's upcoming line of workgroup servers based on the new chip. Though the Daktari line aims closer to the low-end of the server spectrum, it will sport advanced features such as dynamic reconfiguration (including hot-swappable CPUs and expansion boards).
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