Server consolidation: top priority in 2006
TheInfoPro has released Wave 2 of its Server Study, showing that server consolidation is the top priority for server professionals, while power and energy issues pose the greatest challenges.
"Ironically, spending on blades servers is expected to grow more than for any other hardware technology, enabling consolidation, but exacerbating the energy crisis," notes TheInfoPro.
Read the full report at industry analyst reporter Tekrati`s Web site.
Gateway upgrades product line
Gateway has released a new server (E-9220T) as an entry-level dual-core tower, added dual-core Xeon chips to various products, and introduced more serial ATA and SCSI drive options, ServerWatch reports.
Unlike some vendors whose server offerings scroll on page after page, Gateway keeps things simple - it offers five basic servers. Within that simple template, however, a host of options are available, notes ServerWatch.
It`s no wonder, then, that the E-9220T is a one-way tower. It is available with an Intel Celeron or Intel Pentium 4 dual-core processor and thus offers from 2.66GHz to 3.2GHz in performance.
NEC introduces dual-core Xeon to servers
NEC has freshened up one of its fault-tolerant servers with some new chips from Intel and an advanced management package for installing software "on-the-fly", writes The Register.
"The NEC Express5800/320Ma Fault Tolerant server comes in three configurations. Customers can purchase the box with single-core 3.2GHz, 3.6GHz Xeon chips or 2.8GHz dual-core Xeons, says the article".
The system with 3.2GHz chips can support up to 8GB of memory, while the other two configurations support up to 16GB of memory.
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