Data General beats PC server vendors to market with the industry's most aggressively priced server; price and packaging make the AV 3600 ideal for the reseller channel.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 22, 1996--Data General Corp. today expanded its line of AViiON servers with the introduction of the 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. processor-based AV 3600 high-end PC server. The new AViiON server has up to four 200-MHz Pentium Pro processors, 512-KB cache per processor and is designed to support up to 4GB of memory. "Data General is committed to providing a full line of Intel processor-based systems across a broad range of price, functionality, and performance," said David Ellenberger, vice president of corporate marketing, Data General. "With the AV 3600, we are bringing systems based on Intel's highest performing Pentium Pro processor to market ahead of the major PC server vendors and at a street price we believe to be the lowest in its class." "With its agressive pricing, the AV 3600 is an ideal entry-level Pentium Pro system for departmental, workgroup, and reseller-supplied applications. At the same time, the AV 3600 has the sophisticated features and reliability to handle enterprise solutions like SAP," said Ellenberger. Four operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. will be available with the new AViiON server -- Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT Server, Data General's DG/UX UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). implementation, Novell NetWare (operating system, networking) Novell NetWare - Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. 4.1 and SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. , and SCO UnixWare 2.1. Together, they support tens of thousands of software applications. "The AV 3600 applies a new level of commodity economics to business solutions," added Ellenberger. "It is the third in a new series of powerful Pentium Pro processor-based AViiON servers configured and packaged to offer the price/performance and value long associated with Data General demonstrates our commitment to the Reseller channel worldwide." Last month, the company introduced the AV 4900 office and AV 5900 rackmounted Pentium Pro processor based enterprise servers, which offer extensive high-availability and reliability features for mission-critical applications. The AV 3600 delivers better scalability, memory performance, hardware management, and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output than competing departmental servers. For example, the AV 3600 supports 4:1 memory interleave To intersperse one after the other. See sector interleave and memory interleaving. interleave - interleaving , allowing data to be transferred twice as fast as most PC servers. The new AViiON also has an expandable dual-channel, high-performance PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). subsystem that supports a total of I5 I/O slots, more than any competitive system. Data General's popular AV/Alert and NT Alert automated problem detection software is employed with the AV 3600. This feature, unique to AViiON servers, provides customers with higher levels of system availability by supporting advanced system diagnostics, machine-initiated call-out to worldwide country service centers, and remote assistance. The AV 3600 is the only server in its class to bundle a system diagnostic board, thus providing substantial cost savings and convenience to its customers. For continuous data access and the highest level of data integrity, the AV 3600 server is supported by Data General's CLARiiON disk arrays, the industry's leading high availability RAID storage solution. The AV 3600 will be available for volume shipments starting next month with an estimated street price of under $12,000 (reseller pricing may vary), including a three-year, on-site warranty. 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) ), which is based in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in providing servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customer worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.2 billion during fiscal 1995. 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 AV/Alert and NTAlert are service marks of Data General Corporation. Pentium is a registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. All other brand names and product names referenced in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Ray Thomas, 508/898-6545 ray_thomas@dg.com or Brodeur & Partners Gina Trausch, 617/622-2839 GTrausch@brodeur.com |
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