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2005
March
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Dual Core
Dual Core
Sun Microsystems Customer Survey
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Greetings:
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)
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Increasing service demands on IT
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Maximizing service performance
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Managing IT infrastructure complexity
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Managing IT risk/reliability
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Administering a distributed network
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Heat/cooling limitations
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Scaleability
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Ensuring availability of service
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Security
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Maximizing ROI on your IT investment
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Step 1 of 4
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.
Price
$20,000
$17,000
$17,000
None of these options are acceptable
Performance
100% faster than a single core 4-socket
50% faster than a single core 4-socket
70% faster than a single core 4-socket
OS Certification/Support
Solaris certified only
Solaris certified only
Solaris certified only
Power consumption
Same power consumption as single core
20% more power than a single core
40% more power than a single core
Space efficiency
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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?
Web/network server
HPC/grid computing
Other
Software development
Database/datawarehousing
Data center consolidation/virtualization
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)
Runs Windows
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Benefits of Solaris 10
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Expertise in IT design
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Software tools to simplify management
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Superior support for Linux
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Reliability/product quality
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64-bit/enterprise-class features
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Best tools to virtualize the network
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Already buy SPARC from Sun
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Cooling/Heat removal
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Best performance
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Remote administration/management
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Best price/performance
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Lowest price
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What industry is your company in?
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What is your role?
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IT vice president
Business manager/director
Business VP
CIO
CFO
CEO
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