Unisys has announced a line of enterprise server products that add mainframe-class software, hardware and technical services to industry-standard technologies from Intel. This announcement represents the initial step in realising the benefits of the Unisys Cellular MultiProcessing (CMP) architecture.
"CMP was first announced in May 1998. Unisys is launching a number of products and services, including high-availability offerings and mainframe-class input/output, that extend enterprise-type capabilities," says Ted Wood, programme manager eNTerprise servers at Unisys SA. "The new Aquanta ES product line improves the ability of the MicrosoftWindows NT operating system to handle tasks requiring enterprise-class performance, uninterrupted availability and ease of administration," he says.
The ES 5000 is focused at being CMP capable, supporting from four to 32 processors. "These servers provide an enterprise solution above the SMP platform, supporting a 64-bit architecture. It also incorporates Intels` 500MHz Tanner chip and will accommodate Merced without any architecture modifications or compatibility inconvenience.
The new servers address these requirements while offering the cost-performance advantages of commodity technology. They are focused on solving challenges in selected application areas that benefit especially from high-performance computing, such as server consolidation, thin-client computing, database servers, electronic business, high-availability servers and application solutions from SAP and PeopleSoft.
The Aquanta ES 2000 scales with SMP from 2 to 8 processors, and offers a trade-up option to an enterprise CMP environment, giving customer investment protection through this migration path to the ES 5000 and again to the ES7000.
"The key factor is an optimised hardware platform, operating system independence and enterprise software. These technologies are also integrated with those of industry-leading partners, including BEA Systems, Computer Associates, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, and SCO," Wood adds. For customers who require UNIX and/or Netware, Unisys is certifying SCOUnixware 7 and NovellNetware on all Aquanta ES servers.
Share
Editorial contacts