Dell SA has announced availability of the PowerEdge 300 server at the average price of a desktop PC. At R7 990 per unit, this workgroup server is designed to offer small business and corporate customers reliability, support and manageability. "This offer introduces a new level of affordability in entry-level servers, giving customers who thought they couldn`t afford true server functionality a full-featured system that can scale to manage their growing computing needs," says Sean Wainer, enterprise products manager at Dell SA. "This product underscores Dell`s commitment to redefining server value as the worlds fastest growing server vendor."
This server can fulfil the requirements of small business, workgroups and remote sites for running applications such as e-mail or file/print sharing.
Similar to all other Dell servers, every PowerEdge 300 is built to exact customer specification and shipped directly from the factory, offering customers the precise configuration they need for their computing environments.
Wainer says this product addresses the growing market for Linux-based servers and can be ordered with the Red Hat 7 Linux operating system. "Customers can order it with other factory-installed network operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT 4.0 Server, or Novell Netware 5.1."
Powered by dual 800Mhz Pentium III processors, the PowerEdge 300 can support up to 1GB of memory capacity, providing customers performance for today as well as flexibility for future system expansion, adds Wainer.
The PowerEdge 300 joins Dell`s recently introduced PowerEdge 1400 and the PowerEdge 2400 in providing customers a full range of aggressively priced, entry-level servers with a wide variety of features and technologies. The PowerEdge 1400 is available for R10 990, and Wainer describes this server as combining high performance and value. "It supports up to two Pentium III processors and 133MHz frontside bus, which I consider ideal for small enterprises."
"Dell has renewed their focus on the local server market and thus are not only offering quality products, but will also continue in its aggressive price reductions, specifically in the server arena," concludes Wainer.
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