Dataram Ships 8 GB Memory Card for Sun T1000 and T2000 Servers

Published: November 2, 2006

by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Clone memory maker Dataram announced this week that it has created a series of memory cards that are plug compatible with Sun Microsystems' T1000 and T2000 servers. These machines, of course, are based on Sun's multicore "Niagara" Sparc T1 processor.

With the top-end 8 GB DDR2 memory card, Dataram says that T1000 and T2000 customers can double up the main memory in these servers, giving them twice as much memory as Sun itself is supporting in the boxes. The T2000 has 16 DIMM slots, and with the Dataram DIMMs, it can now support up to 64 GB of main memory; the T1000 supports half that amount (32 GB) using the Dataram DIMMs, and only 16 GB using Sun's own memory.

The DRST2000 memory cards include matched pairs of 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB DDR2 DIMMs, and it is the 4 GB module that provides twice the maximum capacity that Sun itself is supporting now. Dataram says most customers are buying 2 GB and 4 GB cards these days, but it is offering the 1 GB cards just for coverage, and the 8 GB cards as a means of getting ahead of server makers. The 1 GB card from Dataram costs $349, which is 21 percent lower than Sun's 439 price for 1 GB of memory for the T1000s and T2000s. Dataram's 2 GB card costs $554, which is 38 percent lower than Sun's $899 price for the same memory capacity. The 4 GB card from Dataram costs $1,027, which is less than half of Sun's $2,245 price. Dataram's 8 GB card costs $5,871, which is a pretty hefty premium, but if you want a lot of memory to boost performance, then it is probably worth the money. The odds are that Sun's own 8 GB memory card--when it gets around to offering it on these machines--will cost about the same amount, and then Dataram will lower its prices to compete.

If you have Sun gear and you are looking to expand memory, check out this complete product listing from Dataram.

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