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In the coming months, Sun Microsystems will be launching an exciting new set of server products based on the fastest AMD Opteron processors. Before we launch, we'd like to make sure we are addressing your most pressing IT and business needs. We greatly appreciate your help in filling out this survey. This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.


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Does your organization currently run (check all that apply):
 
Sun Sparc-based servers
 
Sun Opteron-based servers on Solaris
 
Sun Opteron-based servers on Linux
 
Sun Opteron-based servers on Windows
 
I currently do not use Sun servers

 
 

What do you consider to be the top 3 most important issues to your IT organization. (enter numbers 1 - 3 from most to least important)
Increasing service demands on IT
Heat/cooling limitations
IT budget constraints
Maximizing service performance
Escalating cost of ownership
Ensuring availability of service
Maximizing ROI on your IT investment
Administering a distributed network
Scaleability
Managing IT risk/reliability
Security
Managing IT infrastructure complexity
 
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Assume you are considering purchasing a series of 4-socket servers for your data center for an application of your choice. Below you will find 3 configurations of 4-socket dual core servers. Select the one that is most appealing.
You will see a total of 4 screens like this one.


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HerstellerSchöllerLagneseMövenpick
Verpackung500 gr.500 gr.1000 gr.
Fettgehaltweniger Fettweniger Fettweniger Fett
Preis2,50 €2,50 €2,50 €
 
 

Dual core 4-socket servers promise a dramatic increase in performance with the same power requirement as single core systems. Essentially, customers will be getting a powerful 64-bit x86 based 8-way server in a highly dense form factor.



Based on the above description of this product, what would the most appropriate application be of this 4-socket dual core server?
 
Data center consolidation/virtualization
 
HPC/grid computing
 
Database/datawarehousing
 
Web/network server
 
Other
 
 
Software development

 
 
 
What specific application would you most likely use on this platform?
   
 
 

Please rank the 3 MOST IMPORTANT criteria you would use to evaluate buying the dual core from Sun Microsystems? (enter numbers 1 - 3 from most to least important)
Cooling/Heat removal
Reliability/product quality
Runs Windows
Already buy SPARC from Sun
Best performance
Best price/performance
64-bit/enterprise-class features
Benefits of Solaris 10
Expertise in IT design
Services/Support
Remote administration/management
Software tools to simplify management
Best tools to virtualize the network
Lowest price
Superior support for Linux
 
 

* What industry is your company in?
 
 

* What is your role?
 
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