Data General Unveils Powerful Eight-Way NT Server, Enterprise Solutions At Fall COMDEX.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997-- COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Company to showcase new Web server appliance A self-contained computer system specialized for network use. Its applications are pre-installed, and access to setup and configuration is via a Web browser. Server appliances may provide a single application or several applications; for example, a single device may provide file server, SiteStak and Microsoft's Hydra running on AViiON servers Data General will showcase a broad range of products and solutions, including its just announced eight-processor AV 8600 enterprise server, at this year's Fall COMDEX. At the industry's largest trade show, Data General will showcase: -- The first-ever demonstration of its most powerful NT server, the AViiON AV 8600; -- Pre-configured enterprise NT solutions, including the popular NT Cluster-in-a-Box and Exchange-in-a-Box; -- New Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. multi-user technology from Microsoft, code-named "Hydra" running on Data General's AViiON servers; -- SiteStak, Data General's new ultra-thin zero-administration Web server appliance; -- CLARiiON open systems storage and software solutions. New AViiON Eight-Way Server See 8-way. The AV 8600 supports up to eight 200MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Intel Pentium Pro The sixth generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that uses it. Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the Pentium, models from 150 MHz to 200 MHz were released. processors, each with up to 1MB L2 cache (Level 2 cache) A memory bank built into the CPU chip, packaged within the same module or built on the motherboard. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, and its memory is slower than L1 memory. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, which feeds the processor. , and up to 8GB of ECC memory in a rackmounted chassis. The new server can be used with a full range of CLARiiON storage devices including Data General's fibre-channel disk arrays. Data General is the first vendor to support NT servers with the performance and high availability features of fibre-channel storage. For businesses that need to have their Windows NT Enterprise Edition applications running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the AV 8600 server can be configured in Data General's NT Cluster-in-a-Box solution. With NT Cluster-in-a-Box, two AV 8600 systems with a total of up to 16 200MHz Pentium Pro processors, can be combined with a fault tolerant CLARiiON RAID technology storage system and the company's NTerprise Manager systems management software in a single, pre-configured rackmounted system. The New "Box" Solution Also on display will be the company's new Microsoft Exchange-in-a-Box solution. Based on the company's unique Cluster-in-a-Box packaging, Exchange-in-a-Box supports high availability Microsoft Exchange implementations running on AViiON servers for up to 1,000 Exchange users. Exchange-in-a-Box is packaged in a pre-assembled, pre-tested single rackmounted configuration that includes two AViiON servers, a CLARiiON fault tolerant disk array, and Microsoft Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition with Cluster Server and Exchange Enterprise Edition. Microsoft "Hydra" and AViiON Servers Data General will also demonstrate Microsoft's soon-to-be-announced multi-user technology for Windows NT, code-named "Hydra," on its AViiON platform. This technology will extend the Windows NT operating system environment and lays the groundwork for customers to implement centrally managed Windows environments, developing and deploying their Windows programs only once, then managing and updating those applications from a central Windows NT AViiON server or group of networked AViiON servers. This capability gives customers the opportunity to reduce the overhead of maintaining dozens of Windows applications running on hundreds or thousands of desktop PCs. "For the growing number of organizations who want to cost-effectively deliver mission- critical Windows applications to their users and customers throughout their enterprise - regardless of client or device, Microsoft's 'Hydra' is an ideal solution," said Dave Ellenberger, vice president of Data General's NT Business Unit. "Once `Hydra' becomes available, our customers will have a variety of new options for lowering their total cost of ownership while improving their control and management of Windows-based environments." THiiN Line's SiteStak THiiN Line, a business unit of Data General, has started shipping its SiteStak Web server appliances and will showcase the product at the THiiN Line booth. SiteStak, announced in September, is an ultra-thin (1.75-inch) device that can store 160,000 Web pages and handle up to 450 hits per second. Smaller, simpler, and more effective, SiteStak is a zero-administration Web server that has proven to be smarter at content hosting than any of today's most powerful commercial systems. At a cost of $7,999, it delivers up to a three-to-one price/performance advantage over general-purpose Web servers. CLARiiON CLARiiON, which offers the industry's broadest family of fibre-based storage products in parallel with its existing, highly successful SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. product line, will showcase several of its open systems storage and software solutions. These include Multimedia, File Server, OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , Data Warehouse, Navisphere, and Service Powertools. "This has been an exciting year for CLARiiON," said Larry Hemmerich, vice president and general manager of CLARiiON. "We were the first in the industry to introduce and ship a full fibre channel product line, shipped our 50,000th disk array, and were the first to surpass the one petabyte One quadrillion bytes (one trillion kilobytes). Also PB, Pbyte and P-byte. See peta, binary values and space/time. (unit) petabyte - 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes = 1024 terabytes or roughly 10^15 bytes. 1024 petabytes is one exabyte. of usable storage capacity shipment mark. In addition, we entered two new strategic markets for CLARiiON -- video with the VF2000 disk array and telecommunications with the TeleStor disk array." Comdex Booth Information The Data General booth # H2206, is located in the Las Vegas Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent. Hotel attached to the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. (LVCC LVCC Las Vegas Convention Center LVCC Las Vegas Country Club LVCC Liverpool Victoria County Championship (England, cricket) LVCC Lakewood Village Community Church LVCC Lucas Valley Community Church (San Rafael, CA) ) and will host demonstrations of the new AV 8600 eight- way server, Exchange-in-a-Box, NT Cluster-in-a-Box and Microsoft's "Hydra.." The THiiN Line booth # P2167 is located in the COMDEX Internet Pavilion (just outside the LVCC under the tents). CLARiiON's Technology Showcase is in the LVCC. Meetings with CLARiiON are by appointments only (to schedule a demonstration, please contact David Resnic at 617-587-2841). About Data General Data General (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) ), based in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.5 billion during fiscal 1997. Additional information on the company, its products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com . -0- AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks and Cluster-in-a-Box, Exchange-in-a-Box and SiteStack are trademarks of Data General Corporation. All brands and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Jim Dunlap, 508/898-6546 jim_dunlap@dg.com or Brodeur Porter Novelli Gina Rezendes, 617/587-2839 grezendes@brodeur.com |
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