Site Updates, plus a Sun Eco Connection demo

We've moved the Sun Alerts notifications and Patch Reports RSS feeds off the Fresh Tools tab and into the Service / Support tab.

If you are already subscribed to these feeds no action is necessary -- you'll continue to receive updates.

For those of you who haven't yet subscribed, we've made it easier than ever. Just click on the Services / Support tab after logging in to My Sun Connection, and you'll find the XML links readily available in the SunSolve Patches portlet:

Expect to see more exciting uses of RSS on My Sun Connection in the months to come.

Staying Cool this Summer

A Google engineer recently warned that Power could cost more than servers. It's no joke - spiraling power consumption strains budgets through high energy costs, and stresses data centers with additional cooling requirements. The environmental impact should be considered, too.

Sun is doing a lot to stay ahead of rising energy consumption with innovative products like Sun Fire Servers with CoolThreads Technology, and Sun Ray 2 desktops that sip an amazing 4 watts of power -- that's less than a nightlight!

Another step in the right direction is The Sun Eco Connection, a service that helps manage overall power consumption of Sun systems in a data center environment.

You can easily view heat and power consumption metrics at the component, system, and datacenter level. Here is an example graph showing CPU temperature:

And, another graph plotting power consumption for a power supply:

We've got a demo of The Sun Eco Connection you can check out. Just log in and click the Fresh Tools tab.

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