Compaq To Add To AlphaServer,
Himalaya Lines
(05/10/99, 3:44 p.m. ET)
By Martin J. Garvey, InformationWeek
Compaq this week will introduce newsystems to
the AlphaServer and Himalayalines it acquired
from Digital Equipment and Tandem Computer.
Based on a 466-MHz CPU, the AlphaServer DS10 will
debut as Compaq's fastest single-processor Alpha
system. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the
NonStop Himalaya S72000 will support up to 255
200-MHz R10000 MIPS CPUs. Houston-based Compaq
said the S72000 can process as many as 50 million
transactions in a day.
The DS10 can run Linux, Windows NT, or Compaq's
Tru64 Unix or OpenVMS operating systems. Priced
starting at $3,500, the DS10 includes up to 2 gigabytes of
memory, 2 megabytes of Level 2 cache, and advanced
switching to provide a 1.3-GB-per-second memory
bandwidth. Due in June, the DS10 can be rack-mounted
for easier management, and is designed for running
isolated, single-threaded applications, such as e-mail.
The S72000 is appropriate for "customers [who are]
doing business over the Internet and need a
'can't-lose-anything' server," said Rich Partridge, a senior
analyst with D.H. Brown Associates.
The S72000, which ships next week, starts at $150,000,
but Partridge said its built-in high availability makes it a
more cost-effective choice for e-commerce than
purchasing pairs of lower-cost systems to gain
redundancy. Compaq said the S72000 is 30 percent
faster than existing Himalaya systems. |
