Dell Offers Enterprise Availability in Departmental Server; Company to Ship New Dual-Processor 800 MHz Pentium III Xeon System.Business Editors &High-Tech Writers ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000 Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL), the world's leading direct computer systems company, today extended enterprise-class capabilities into departmental servers with the worldwide introduction of the Dell(R) PowerEdge(R) 4400 server. As the No.2 PC server provider in the world(1) and a leading provider of servers for the Internet infrastructure, Dell continues to define price/performance and value in PC servers with the PowerEdge 4400. The PowerEdge 4400 offers power and expansion features generally found only in enterprise-class servers at a departmental server price with prices starting $4,699 for floor-standing models. Rack-mountable options are also available. The PowerEdge 4400 departmental server takes performance and reliability to enterprise levels of availability and uptime by incorporating up to two 800MHz (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. Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). Xeon(R) processors with 133MHz front side bus (FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus ) support and a 64-bit quad-peer PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). architecture. The PowerEdge 4400 enhances its availability with hot-pluggable redundant fans and hot-pluggable, redundant peripheral component interconnect See PCI. (hardware) Peripheral Component Interconnect - (PCI) A standard for connecting peripherals to a personal computer, designed by Intel and released around Autumn 1993. PCI is supported by most major manufacturers including Apple Computer. (PCI) support. It is well-suited to run email, database, Internet/intranet, e-commerce and file/print applications for departments or small-to-medium sized businesses. &uot;The PowerEdge 4400 is designed to deliver the high performance enterprise-class availability and investment protection customers need at departmental server price,&uot; said Michael Lambert Michael ("Mike") Allen Lambert (born April 14, 1974 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. , senior vice president, Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. &uot;With the PowerEdge 4400, Dell is once again a leader in providing customers with the performance and value they want in a server.&uot; Added Power and Protection for Important Applications The PowerEdge 4400 supports up to 252 GB of internal storage, or a total of 288GB when two optional 18GB hot pluggable See hot swap. drives are installed in the removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. bay. The PowerEdge 4400 server offers customers a choice of redundant array of inexpensive disk (RAID) technology, including embedded Ultra3 (Ultra160) RAID on the motherboard, called PERC PERC See: Preferred equity redemption stock 3/Di. This technology gives customers a less-expensive alternative for the protection of important data. PERC 3/Di features dual-channel RAID capabilities with 64 or 128 MB of battery-backed cache and twice the performance bandwidth as Ultra2/LVD (160MB/s versus 80MB/s.) Alternatively, customers can install the PERC 2/DC, Dell's new dual-channel RAID card, when clustering the PowerEdge 4400 to achieve added levels of data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. . Dell PowerVault Dell PowerVault products include disk enclosures, disk arrays, tape drives, autoloaders, tape libraries, network attached storage and storage area networks. Some of these products are provided through a partnership with EMC Corporation and are further classified as a Dell/EMC (R) 200S series external 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. storage systems, including the newly announced PowerVault 210S and 211S systems, which will house up to 12 hard drives, provide optional additional storage capacity to PowerEdge 4400 customers. Scalable to Meet Customers Growing Needs Customers can choose between small computer system interconnect (SCSI) or Fibre Channel server-attached storage technologies when clustering two PowerEdge 4400 servers. Clustering allows customers to rely on the PowerEdge 4400 to run business-critical applications with less system downtime. For shared Fibre Channel storage in a cluster, customers can take advantage of the PowerVault 650 Fibre Channel Storage System, which accommodates growing storage needs with external storage capacities of 4TB (terabytes) in a single data center rack. Manageability and Support All Dell PowerEdge This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. servers ship with a suite of Dell OpenManage(R) systems management tools that are designed to help customers gain better control of their systems, reduce their total cost of ownership, and easily manage PowerEdge systems within their preferred enterprise management framework. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Dell's OpenManage Resolution Assistant(R) software ships on all PowerEdge servers, including the PowerEdge 4400, and provides customers with Internet-enabled product support from Dell, helping network managers resolve technical issues more quickly and efficiently. When clustering the PowerEdge 4400, customers can use Dell OpenManage ClusterX Assistant with Cluster X Technology(R) to more easily monitor, control and maintain clusters on their networks. The Dell PowerEdge 4400 also ships with Hewlett-Packard(R) OpenView Network Node (networking) network node - (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host". Manager Special Edition(R) for management of up to 250 nodes and easily integrates into existing network management frameworks. Additional information on Dell OpenManage products is available at http://www.dell.com/us/en/biz/topics/openmanage_om_main_main.htm. The Dell PowerEdge 4400 will support the latest versions of Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R), Novell(R) NetWare(R) and is slated to support Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. 6.1 as of mid-February, 2000. The PowerEdge 4400 will support Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server when announced by Microsoft on Feb. 17, 2000. These operating systems will be installed through Dell's standard factory process. Other operating systems can be configured, tested and factory-installed upon customer request through DellPlus(R) custom integration. Dell PowerEdge 4400 servers come with a three-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. (2). This includes one-year labor and three years parts replacement. Dell also offers next-business-day response and a 30-day &uot;Getting Started&uot; help line. BusinessCare(sm) four-hour response(3) upgrades are available upon request, as are DirectLine(sm) network operating system An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. support upgrades. Dell's award-winning technical system support is available over the phone and through http://support.dell.com/us/en/, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Additional information about the PowerEdge 4400 and other Dell PowerEdge server products is available at http://www.dell.com/us/en/biz/products/series_rkopt_servers.htm. About Dell Computer Corporation Ranked No. 78 among the Fortune 500 companies and No. 210 in the Fortune Global 500, Dell Computer Corporation is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $23.6 billion for the past four quarters. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained through its toll-free number 800/388-8542 or by accessing the Dell World Wide Web site at http://www.dell.com./ Dell, PowerEdge, PowerVault, OpenManage and ClusterX Assistant with Cluster X Technology are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Fortune 500 is a registered trademark of Time Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corp. Microsoft, Windows NT and Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Novell and Netware of registered trademarks of Novell Inc. Red Hat Linux is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc. Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc. SCO Unix is a registered trademark of SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. Inc. Hewlett-Packard and HP OpenView Network Node Manager are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. (1) Source: International Data Corporation, Commercial Systems and Servers bulletin. Rankings based on U.S. and Worldwide &uot;PC Server Shipments by Vendor&uot; for 3Q99. (2) For a complete copy of our guarantees or limited warranties, please write Dell USA L.P., Attn: Warranties, One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682 (3) Service may be provided by a third-party provider under contract with Dell. Technician will be dispatched if necessary following phone-based troubleshooting. For 7x24 service, Dell will dispatch a service technician within 4 hours of determining the hardware problem. For 5x10 service, the technician may not arrive until the following business day if dispatched after 4:00 PM local time. Dell will dispatch a technician to the customer site within 4 hours of determining the hardware problem. Available within a 100-mile radius of over 70 metropolitan areas. Customers not located within a 100-mile radius of the stocking locations are not eligible for this offering. Not available with any other Dell systems. Available in the U.S. only. |
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