<s>
The	O
Sun	B-Device
Fire	I-Device
X4500	I-Device
data	O
server	O
(	O
code	O
named	O
Thumper	O
)	O
integrates	O
server	O
and	O
storage	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
2006	O
and	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
server	O
line	O
from	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
Sun	O
announced	O
the	O
X4540	B-Device
model	O
(	O
code-named	O
Thor	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
doubles	O
the	O
processing	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
X4500	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	O
designated	O
that	O
the	O
X4540	B-Device
is	O
end-of-life	O
and	O
has	O
no	O
next-generation	O
replacement	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Sun	O
bought	O
Kealia	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Thumper	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
X4500	B-Device
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	B-Device
Fire	I-Device
X4500	I-Device
supports	O
two	O
dual-core	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
processors	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
64	O
GB	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	B-Device
Fire	I-Device
X4540	I-Device
supports	O
two	O
quad	O
-	O
or	O
six-core	O
AMD	O
K10	O
(	O
Barcelona	O
)	O
processors	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
GB	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
model	O
also	O
uses	O
PCI	O
Express	O
IO	O
technology	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
compact	B-Device
flash	I-Device
disk	O
slot	O
for	O
booting	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
the	O
first	O
systems	O
designed	O
specifically	O
with	O
ZFS	B-Application
in	O
mind	O
,	O
so	O
no	O
hardware	O
RAID	B-Architecture
is	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forty-two	O
Sun	B-Device
Fire	I-Device
X4500	I-Device
data	O
servers	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
Lustre	B-Application
cluster	O
filesystem	O
storage	O
in	O
the	O
TSUBAME	O
supercomputer	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
number	O
7	O
in	O
June	O
2006	O
TOP500	B-Operating_System
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
Sun	O
submitted	O
TPC-H	B-General_Concept
result	O
with	O
an	O
X4500	B-Device
running	O
Sybase	B-Application
IQ	I-Application
.	O
</s>
