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From: E_K_S9/2/2005 1:21:04 PM
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Bechtolsheim's 'Galaxy'--a star?
(http://news.com.com/2300-1010_3-5845883.html)
The first two members of the Galaxy family, developed by hardware guru Andy Bechtolsheim, are expected to be called the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 (top). The servers are due Sept. 12, 2005, and along with their Galaxy brethren, they're a central part of Sun Microsystems' recovery plan.

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Check out the pictures.

(http://news.com.com/Suns+Galaxy+servers+making+September+debut/2100-1010_3-5845879.html)

From the article:"...The Bechtolsheim touch
The Galaxy systems are designed in part by Bechtolsheim, a Sun co-founder who returned to the company in 2004 through its acquisition of his start-up, Kealia. Sun executives proclaim awe for Bechtolsheim's skills to make machines reliable, affordable and power-efficient.

One feature of the Galaxy line will be lights governed by an internal service processor that can help diagnose hardware problems and lead a technician to the problem component. The systems have identical lights on the front and back.

The systems also have hard drives and fans that can be swapped out without shutting the servers down. Each machine has four 1 gigabit Ethernet ports with "failover" capabilities to sidestep port failures.

Another feature is a similar hardware foundation for all the Galaxy server products. That means software that works on one should work on all models, and that spare parts inventories should be easier to maintain. Many of the components also will be used in Sun's forthcoming servers based on its Niagara Sparc processor, executives have said.
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