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Azul Systems Delivers Two Appliances to Enable Java App ROI

Vega 2 Compute Appliances Most Powerful SMP Compact Systems
By Java News Desk
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June 17, 2007 10:00 AM EDT
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The new Compute Appliances are uniquely positioned to address some of the highest-priority initiatives for Java-based workloads. They are ideally suited to support the demands of Extreme Transaction Processing applications, serve as a consolidation platform for SOA deployments, and power enterprise data grids. In performance tests conducted by Azul Systems (1),(2),(3), the next-generation systems, with up to an unprecedented 768 processor cores and 768 GB of memory in a single system, delivered the equivalent performance of 18 to 33 dual-chip, dual-core x86 servers, and 26 to 45 T2000 servers, demonstrating their unique ability to address the demanding needs of enterprise business-critical Java applications.

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Java News Desk 06/14/07 10:17:44 AM EDT

'The 7240 and 7280 pack enough punch to provide breakthrough scalability and performance to handle the demands of the largest business-critical applications,' said Scott Sellers, chief operation officer and co-founder of Azul Systems. 'The Vega 2 processor is the only solution with a Java-optimized instruction set, hardware-assisted garbage collection, and support for optimistic thread concurrency -- making the Vega Compute Appliances the industry's first and only platform to deliver the speed and consistency IT departments need to use Java for business-critical and demanding applications.'