eBay is bolstering its search environment with hundreds of Sun’s new AMD Opteron processor-based Sun Fire(TM) x64 (x86, 64-bit) servers and Sun StorEdge(TM) systems, for better performance and energy-efficiency. The move comes in time for the peak holiday online purchase season on eBay. The core infrastructure provided by Sun connects a community of 168 million registered users worldwide, allowing them to trade more than $1,359 worth of goods every second.

Posted: 03|30|06 at 9:08 am. Filed under: Auction News.