Sun has sold hundreds of its new "Galaxy" line of x86 servers to eBay to power the auction site's search technology. eBay is using the X4200 and X4100 machines, which use Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor, as well as Sun StorEdge storage systems, the server and software company said Monday.
The Galaxy servers can run Sun's Solaris version of Unix as well as the Windows and Linux operating systems, but eBay is using Solaris, Sun said. Sun is expanding into x86 servers such as the Galaxy line, but its mainstay business is for machines using Sparc processors. eBay's PayPal group is evaluating servers using Sun's UltraSparc T1 processor, code-named Niagara. Those systems are expected to be announced next week.
Now, if PayPal wouldnt force me to give up my bank account and routing numbers to use their service, I might be able to go back to eBay and see how all this stuff works out in a few months. Somebody let me know.
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The Silicon Valley online payments startup grew by 1,000 percent last year and is hopeful it can repeat that level of growth this year. To do that, it's had to move away from its early friends-and-family roots and embrace small businesses.
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