Enterprise customers are sure to benefit from Compaq`s new SMP architecture, engineered into two new ProLiant server models, code named Thunder and Lightning. Recently launched internationally, the new equipment has started to ship to South Africa and is available exclusively from Tarsus Technologies, the distribution arm of MB Technologies.
These servers use the new ProFusion 8-way architecture, which Compaq co-developed with Corollary and Intel to provide standards-based servers with unprecedented performance and scalability.
"Thunder and Lightning will provide existing x86 and midrange data centre customers with outstanding performance without requiring modifications or special releases of operating systems and applications," says Andre Wollheim, product manager for Compaq at Tarsus Technologies.
Thunder is Compaq`s ultra-capacity server that will provide the highest levels of integrated fault tolerant storage for 7x24 environments. The server`s internal storage capacity provides an excellent platform for large amounts of data with space internally for up to twenty-one 1" Wide Ultra2 SCSI hot plug drives.
An available 8-way upgrade will leverage the engineering design of its predecessor, the ProLiant 7000, delivering 8-processor SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) while retaining key system components and chassis/serial number designations.
Lightning, the successor of the ProLiant 6500, is a high-density data centre server delivering 7x24 availability for multi-server rack environments. Optimised for external storage, this server packs maximum computing power into a dense 7-unit form factor, allowing six servers - up to 48 processors - to be placed in a standard 42 unit rack.
"Compaq`s new 8-way servers will allow customers to consolidate and centralise their current 4-way server sets, making their data centre environments more manageable. Both new servers will include balanced and scalable architecture, offering customers a cost-effective and smooth migration path to standards-based 8-processor computing power," concludes Wollheim.
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