Intel Investors - AMD's Athlon and Gateway's new servers will have nothing in common.
The new servers will use Intel's Pentium III Xeons !
"the server supports up to four 700MHz Intel Pentium III Xeon processors featuring 1MB and 2MB cache options with up to 16GB of ECC SDRAM. "
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Company Press Release
SOURCE: Gateway Inc.
Gateway's New 8450R 4U Rack Mount Server Offers Quad Processing Performance And Outstanding Serviceability in Space-Saving Design
Editor's Summary -- An ideal solution for mid-market multi-server environments, the powerful Gateway 8450R supports up to four Intel Pentium III Xeon processors, while its 7-inch-high compact design and 4U form factor maximizes space in multi-server environments. -- High-availability features ensure maximum uptime for database, Internet, intranet or e-commerce applications, ensuring online businesses can quickly meet the service demands of their customers while maintaining high levels of network availability. -- Designed for easy serviceability and manageability, the Gateway 8450R's new tool-free chassis provides easy access to critical components, greatly reducing the downtime required for maintenance.
SAN DIEGO, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Providing a comprehensive, high-performance server solution for space-constrained businesses, Gateway Inc. (NYSE: GTW - news) today announced the Gateway 8450R rack mount server, the newest addition to the company's server line. An ideal solution for mid-market multi-server environments, such as large organizations consolidating servers or Internet or application service providers, the powerful 8450R supports up to four 700MHz Intel Pentium III Xeon processors, while its 7-inch-high compact design and 4U form factor maximizes space in multi-server environments.
A flexible solution that enables customers to implement demanding applications requiring clustering or additional external storage capabilities, the 8450R can easily support data-intensive database applications and web sites with complex e-commerce capabilities and robust graphics. Its compact space-saving design is ideal for Internet and application service providers, which require streamlined systems that are easy to implement and service. High-availability features ensure maximum uptime for Internet, intranet or e-commerce applications, ensuring online businesses can quickly meet the service demands of their customers while maintaining high levels of network availability.
``Data center space is at a premium in organizations of all sizes,'' said Chris Norman, director of server product marketing, Gateway Business. ``Gateway's 8450R servers help our clients maintain a more efficient and streamlined multi-server computing environment. Our entire rack mount server family provides a variety of solutions with a range of price and performance options to meet our customers' evolving technology requirements while optimizing limited space.''
Uncompromising Performance and Expandability
Gateway's 8450R 4U rack mount server delivers optimal price/performance value for the compact server class. Maximizing performance when running multi-processor applications, the server supports up to four 700MHz Intel Pentium III Xeon processors featuring 1MB and 2MB cache options with up to 16GB of ECC SDRAM. Ensuring maximum system throughput and expandability, the 8450R includes support for 64-bit and 32-bit PCI add-in cards.
Leading High-Availability and Serviceability Features
The 8450R offers high-availability and fault-tolerant functionality with support for five hot-pluggable drives, three redundant, load-balancing hot-swappable power supplies (standard) and redundant, hot-swappable fans. The server also includes eight hot-pluggable PCI expansion slots, enabling cards to be added or replaced without the need to power down the server.
The server features support for up to five 36GB Ultra160 SCSI hot swappable hard drives with support for various RAID options. These storage features offer exceptional performance for data-intensive applications such as database re-indexing, large spreadsheet recalculations and storage and retrieval of large document and image files.
Designed for easy serviceability and manageability, the 8450R's new tool-free chassis provides easy access to critical components, greatly reducing the downtime required for maintenance. In addition, Gateway's 8450R server ships with HP OpenView ManageX Event Manager, a robust manageability solution that provides additional security and reliability for system and subsystems.
Pricing and Availability
The Gateway 8450R is available immediately with prices starting at $6,999. For more information about Gateway computers call 1-800-846-2106, or visit the company's Web site at www.gateway.com.
About Gateway
Gateway (NYSE: GTW - news), a Fortune 250 company founded in 1985, focuses on building lifelong relationships with consumers and businesses through complete technology personalization. Gateway ranked number one in U.S. consumer PC revenue in 1999(1) and was rated among the top ten best corporate reputations in America according to a survey conducted in August of 1999 by Harris Interactive and the Reputation Institute and published in The Wall Street Journal. In 1999, Gateway was seventh in total return to shareholders among Fortune 500 companies and tenth in total shareholder returns over the past five years(2). Gateway employees worldwide provide clients with services and built-to-order computers that consistently win top awards from leading industry publications. Gateway had total global revenue of $8.65 billion in 1999 and shipped 4.68 million systems. For more information, visit our Web site at www.gateway.com
(1) According to GartnerGroup/Dataquest US PC Quarterly statistics.
(2) According to Fortune Magazine, April 17, 2000.
SOURCE: Gateway Inc.
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