The Ultra 24 is a family of computer workstation

Workstation

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s by Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems

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 based on the Intel Core 2

Intel Core 2

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 processor. It is the first Sun workstation with an Intel processor since the Sun386i

Sun386i

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 from 1988, and the first to bear the Ultra brand name

Sun Ultra series

The original Sun Ultra series was a series of UltraSPARC-based workstations and servers developed and sold by Sun Microsystems from 1995 to 2001...

 to do so.

The Sun Ultra 24 launched in 2007, and ships with Solaris 10 pre-installed. Other than Solaris, it is officially compatible with various flavours of Linux

Linux

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 as well as Microsoft

Microsoft

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's Windows XP

Windows XP

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 and Windows Vista

Windows Vista

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.

Features

• CPU Intel Core2 Duo Processors
• Intel Core2 Quad Processors
• Intel Core2 Extreme processor
• Memory—ECC unbuffered DDR2-667 DIMMs, 4 DIMM slots, 8 GB maximum. Three DIMM sizes, 512 MB, 1 GB, and 2 GB
• Networking—Single Gigabit Ethernet
  Gigabit Ethernet
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   integrated on motherboard
• One RJ-45 port (rear)
• Hard Disk Drives—Up to four SATA
  Sata
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  drives, 3TB maximum: 250GB, 750GB (7,200 rpm)
• Up to four SAS drives (Through PCIe HBA), 1.2TB maximum: 146GB, 300GB (15,000 rpm)

8 * PCI Express Slots—Two full-length x16 Gen-2 slots

• One full-length x8 slot (Electrically x4)
• One full-length x1 slot